High Risk Vulnerability in Samba

25 February 2012

Andy Davis of NGS Secure has discovered a high risk vulnerability in the Samba service  

Impact: Remote Code Execution

Versions affected: Samba versions up to 3.4.0

More details about this vulnerability and how to obtain software updates can be found here:
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2012-0870

NGS Secure is going to withhold details of this flaw for three months. This three month window will allow users the time needed to apply the patch before the details are released to the general public. This reflects the NGS Secure approach to responsible disclosure.

NGS Secure Research
http://www.ngssecure.com