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
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2:3.4.0~pre1-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2:3.4.0~pre1-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2:3.4.0~pre1-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2:3.4.0~pre1-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2:3.4.0~pre1-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| samba | samba | 3.0.0 | |
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
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.