Debian Security Advisory

DSA-200-1 samba -- remote exploit

Date Reported:
22 Nov 2002
Affected Packages:
samba
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2002-1318.
More information:

Steve Langasek found an exploitable bug in the password handling code in samba: when converting from DOS code-page to little endian UCS2 unicode a buffer length was not checked and a buffer could be overflowed. There is no known exploit for this, but an upgrade is strongly recommended.

This problem has been fixed in version 2.2.3a-12 of the Debian samba packages and upstream version 2.2.7.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba_2.2.3a-12.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba_2.2.3a.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba_2.2.3a-12.diff.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba-doc_2.2.3a-12_all.deb
alpha (DEC Alpha):
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libpam-smbpass_2.2.3a-12_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient-dev_2.2.3a-12_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbfs_2.2.3a-12_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba-common_2.2.3a-12_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/swat_2.2.3a-12_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient_2.2.3a-12_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/winbind_2.2.3a-12_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbclient_2.2.3a-12_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba_2.2.3a-12_alpha.deb
arm (ARM):
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbfs_2.2.3a-12_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/winbind_2.2.3a-12_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/swat_2.2.3a-12_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba_2.2.3a-12_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba-common_2.2.3a-12_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libpam-smbpass_2.2.3a-12_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient-dev_2.2.3a-12_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbclient_2.2.3a-12_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient_2.2.3a-12_arm.deb
hppa (HP PA RISC):
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient_2.2.3a-12_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient-dev_2.2.3a-12_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/winbind_2.2.3a-12_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba-common_2.2.3a-12_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libpam-smbpass_2.2.3a-12_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbfs_2.2.3a-12_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/swat_2.2.3a-12_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbclient_2.2.3a-12_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba_2.2.3a-12_hppa.deb
i386 (Intel ia32):
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient_2.2.3a-12_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/winbind_2.2.3a-12_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbfs_2.2.3a-12_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbclient_2.2.3a-12_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libpam-smbpass_2.2.3a-12_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba_2.2.3a-12_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba-common_2.2.3a-12_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient-dev_2.2.3a-12_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/swat_2.2.3a-12_i386.deb
ia64 (Intel ia64):
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient_2.2.3a-12_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbfs_2.2.3a-12_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libpam-smbpass_2.2.3a-12_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba_2.2.3a-12_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba-common_2.2.3a-12_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbclient_2.2.3a-12_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/winbind_2.2.3a-12_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/swat_2.2.3a-12_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient-dev_2.2.3a-12_ia64.deb
powerpc (PowerPC):
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/winbind_2.2.3a-12_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/swat_2.2.3a-12_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient-dev_2.2.3a-12_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba-common_2.2.3a-12_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbclient_2.2.3a-12_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba_2.2.3a-12_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbfs_2.2.3a-12_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient_2.2.3a-12_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libpam-smbpass_2.2.3a-12_powerpc.deb
s390 (IBM S/390):
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient-dev_2.2.3a-12_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libpam-smbpass_2.2.3a-12_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbclient_2.2.3a-12_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient_2.2.3a-12_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba-common_2.2.3a-12_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbfs_2.2.3a-12_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba_2.2.3a-12_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/swat_2.2.3a-12_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/winbind_2.2.3a-12_s390.deb
sparc (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC):
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba_2.2.3a-12_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbfs_2.2.3a-12_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libpam-smbpass_2.2.3a-12_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/winbind_2.2.3a-12_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbclient_2.2.3a-12_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba-common_2.2.3a-12_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/swat_2.2.3a-12_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient_2.2.3a-12_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient-dev_2.2.3a-12_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.