ZDI-07-033: Samba lsa_io_trans_names Heap Overflow Vulnerability
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-033.html
May 15, 2007

-- CVE ID:
CVE-2007-2446

-- Affected Vendor:
Samba

-- Affected Products:
Samba 3.0.0 - 3.0.25rc3

-- TippingPoint(TM) IPS Customer Protection:
TippingPoint IPS customers have been protected against this
vulnerability since May 14, 2007 by Digital Vaccine protection
filter ID 5349. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS:

    http://www.tippingpoint.com 

-- Vulnerability Details:
This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on
vulnerable installations of Samba. User interaction is not required to
exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists in the parsing of RPC requests to the LSA RPC
interface. When parsing a request to LsarLookupSids/LsarLookupSids2,
heap allocation is calculated based on user input.  By specifying
invalid values, heap blocks can be overwritten leading to remote code
execution.

-- Vendor Response:
Samba has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details
can be found at:

http://us1.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2007-2446.html

-- Disclosure Timeline:
2007.05.04 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2007.05.14 - Digital Vaccine released to TippingPoint customers
2007.05.15 - Coordinated public release of advisory

-- Credit:
This vulnerability was discovered by an anonymous researcher.

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