First published: Mon Aug 06 2018(Updated: )
A heap-buffer overflow was found in the way samba clients processed extra long filename in a directory listing. A malicious samba server could use this flaw to cause arbitrary code execution on a samba client. Samba versions before 4.6.16, 4.7.9 and 4.8.4 are vulnerable.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Debian Debian Linux | =9.0 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =18.04 | |
Samba Samba | <4.6.16 | |
Samba Samba | >=4.7.0<4.7.9 | |
Samba Samba | >=4.8.0<4.8.4 | |
Redhat Virtualization | =4.0 | |
Redhat Virtualization Host | =4.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =7.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =7.0 | |
redhat/samba | <4.6.16 | 4.6.16 |
redhat/samba | <4.7.9 | 4.7.9 |
redhat/samba | <4.8.4 | 4.8.4 |
ubuntu/samba | <2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.2 | 2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.2 |
ubuntu/samba | <2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.16 | 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.16 |
ubuntu/samba | <4.6.16<4.7.9<4.8.4 | 4.6.16 4.7.9 4.8.4 |
ubuntu/samba | <2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.15 | 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.15 |
debian/samba | 2:4.13.13+dfsg-1~deb11u6 2:4.17.12+dfsg-0+deb12u1 2:4.21.0~rc1+really4.20.4+dfsg-1 |
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The vulnerability ID is CVE-2018-10858.
The severity of CVE-2018-10858 is high with a severity value of 8.8.
The affected software includes Samba versions before 4.6.16, 4.7.9, and 4.8.4, as well as certain versions of Debian and Ubuntu Linux, Redhat Virtualization, and Redhat Enterprise Linux.
The vulnerability CVE-2018-10858 can be exploited by a malicious Samba server to cause arbitrary code execution on a Samba client.
More information about CVE-2018-10858 can be found at the following references: - [Samba.org](https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2018-10858.html) - [Red Hat Bugzilla](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1618697) - [Red Hat Security Advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2613)