[SECURITY] CAN-2004-0930: Potential Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability in Samba 3.0.x <= 3.0.7

From: Gerald (Jerry) Carter (jerry_at_samba.org)
Date: 11/08/04

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    Subject: Potential Remote Denial of Service
    CVE #: CAN-2004-0930
    Affected
    Versions: Samba 3.0.x <= 3.0.7

    Summary: A remote attacker could cause and smbd process
                    to consume abnormal amounts of system resources
                    due to an input validation error when matching
                    filenames containing wildcard characters.

    Patch Availability
    - ------------------

    A patch for Samba 3.0.7 (samba-3.0.7-CAN-2004-0930.patch) is
    available from http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/patches/security/.
    The patch has been signed with the "Samba Distribution Verification
    Key" (ID F17F9772).

    Description
    - -----------

    A bug in the input validation routines used to match
    filename strings containing wildcard characters may allow
    a user to consume more than normal amounts of CPU cycles
    thus impacting the performance and response of the server.
    In some circumstances the server can become entirely
    unresponsive.

    Protecting Unpatched Servers
    - ----------------------------

    The Samba Team always encourages users to run the latest stable
    release as a defense of against attacks. However, under certain
    circumstances it may not be possible to immediately upgrade
    important installations. In such cases, administrators should
    read the "Server Security" documentation found at
    http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/server_security.html.

    Credits
    - --------

    This security issue was reported to Samba developers by
    iDEFENSE (http://www.idefense.com/). Karol Wiesek is credited
    with this discovery.

    - --
    Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility.

                                    -- The Samba Team
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