CVE-2012-0870

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in process.c in smbd in Samba 3.0, as used in the file-sharing service on the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet before 2.0.0.7971 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a Batched (aka AndX) request that triggers infinite recursion.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

References

• http://btsc.webapps.blackberry.com/btsc/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=KB29565
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00008.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00009.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00008.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00014.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48116
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48186
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48844
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48879
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1374-1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=795509
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73361
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0870

CWEs

CWE-119