Bug 1213173 (CVE-2023-34966)

Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2023-34966: samba: Samba Spotlight mdssvc RPC Request Infinite Loop Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
Product: [Novell Products] SUSE Security Incidents Reporter: Robert Frohl <rfrohl>
Component: IncidentsAssignee: Security Team bot <security-team>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact: Security Team bot <security-team>
Severity: Normal    
Priority: P3 - Medium CC: meissner, nopower, samba-maintainers, scabrero
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: Other   
OS: Other   
URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/371615/
Whiteboard: CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2023-34966:7.5:(AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
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Marketing QA Status: --- IT Deployment: ---

Comment 10 Robert Frohl 2023-07-19 16:00:38 UTC
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== Subject:     Samba Spotlight mdssvc RPC Request Infinite
==              Loop Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
==
== CVE ID#:     CVE-2023-34966
==
== Versions:    All versions of Samba prior to 4.18.5, 
                4.17.10 and 4.16.11.
==
== Summary:     An infinite loop bug in Samba's mdssvc RPC
==              service for Spotlight can be triggered
==              by an unauthenticated attacker by issuing a
==              malformed RPC request.
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===========
Description
===========

When parsing Spotlight mdssvc RPC packets sent by the
client, the core unmarshalling function sl_unpack_loop()
did not validate a field in the network packet that
contains the count of elements in an array-like
structure. By passing 0 as the count value, the attacked
function will run in an endless loop consuming 100% CPU.

This bug only affects servers where Spotlight is
explicitly enabled globally or on individual shares with
"spotlight = yes".

==================
Patch Availability
==================

Patches addressing both these issues have been posted to:

    https://www.samba.org/samba/security/

Additionally, Samba 4.18.5, 4.17.10 and 4.16.11 have been
issued as security releases to correct the defect.  Samba
administrators are advised to upgrade to these releases or
apply the patch as soon as possible.

==================
CVSSv3 calculation
==================

CVSS 3.0: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H (7.5)

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Workaround
==========

As a possible workaround disable Spotlight by removing all
configuration stanzas that enable Spotlight ("spotlight =
yes|true").

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Credits
=======

Originally reported by Florent Saudel of the Thalium team
working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.

Patches provided by Ralph Boehme of SerNet and the Samba
team.

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== Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility.
== The Samba Team
==========================================================

https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2023-34966.html
Comment 11 Maintenance Automation 2023-07-19 20:35:16 UTC
SUSE-SU-2023:2888-1: An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has one fix can now be installed.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1213171, 1213172, 1213173, 1213174, 1213384
CVE References: CVE-2022-2127, CVE-2023-34966, CVE-2023-34967, CVE-2023-34968
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (src): samba-4.15.13+git.621.c8ae836ff82-3.85.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP5 (src): samba-4.15.13+git.621.c8ae836ff82-3.85.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 (src): samba-4.15.13+git.621.c8ae836ff82-3.85.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (src): samba-4.15.13+git.621.c8ae836ff82-3.85.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (src): samba-4.15.13+git.621.c8ae836ff82-3.85.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.
Comment 12 Maintenance Automation 2023-07-31 12:30:14 UTC
SUSE-SU-2023:3060-1: An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has one fix can now be installed.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1213171, 1213172, 1213173, 1213174, 1213384
CVE References: CVE-2022-2127, CVE-2023-34966, CVE-2023-34967, CVE-2023-34968
Sources used:
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 (src): samba-4.15.13+git.663.9c654e06cdb-150300.3.57.5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 (src): samba-4.15.13+git.663.9c654e06cdb-150300.3.57.5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 (src): samba-4.15.13+git.663.9c654e06cdb-150300.3.57.5
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP3 (src): samba-4.15.13+git.663.9c654e06cdb-150300.3.57.5
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP3 (src): samba-4.15.13+git.663.9c654e06cdb-150300.3.57.5
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 (src): samba-4.15.13+git.663.9c654e06cdb-150300.3.57.5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 (src): samba-4.15.13+git.663.9c654e06cdb-150300.3.57.5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS 15-SP3 (src): samba-4.15.13+git.663.9c654e06cdb-150300.3.57.5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 (src): samba-4.15.13+git.663.9c654e06cdb-150300.3.57.5
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 (src): samba-4.15.13+git.663.9c654e06cdb-150300.3.57.5
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 (src): samba-4.15.13+git.663.9c654e06cdb-150300.3.57.5
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 (src): samba-4.15.13+git.663.9c654e06cdb-150300.3.57.5

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.
Comment 13 Maintenance Automation 2023-07-31 16:30:12 UTC
SUSE-SU-2023:3066-1: An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has one fix can now be installed.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1213171, 1213172, 1213173, 1213174, 1213384
CVE References: CVE-2022-2127, CVE-2023-34966, CVE-2023-34967, CVE-2023-34968
Sources used:
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 (src): samba-4.13.13+git.643.8caa136952b-150200.3.26.3

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.
Comment 14 Samuel Cabrero 2023-08-29 07:14:28 UTC
Reassigned to security team to close it.
Comment 17 Maintenance Automation 2024-02-27 12:30:30 UTC
SUSE-SU-2023:2929-1: An update that solves six vulnerabilities and has two security fixes can now be installed.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1212375, 1213170, 1213171, 1213172, 1213173, 1213174, 1213384, 1213386
CVE References: CVE-2020-25720, CVE-2022-2127, CVE-2023-3347, CVE-2023-34966, CVE-2023-34967, CVE-2023-34968
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 15.5 (src): samba-4.17.9+git.367.dae41ffdd1f-150500.3.5.1
Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (src): samba-4.17.9+git.367.dae41ffdd1f-150500.3.5.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP5 (src): samba-4.17.9+git.367.dae41ffdd1f-150500.3.5.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.
Comment 18 Maintenance Automation 2024-02-27 12:30:33 UTC
SUSE-SU-2023:2930-1: An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1213171, 1213172, 1213173, 1213174, 1213384
CVE References: CVE-2022-2127, CVE-2023-34966, CVE-2023-34967, CVE-2023-34968
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 15.4 (src): samba-4.15.13+git.663.9c654e06cdb-150400.3.28.1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 (src): samba-4.15.13+git.663.9c654e06cdb-150400.3.28.1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 (src): samba-4.15.13+git.663.9c654e06cdb-150400.3.28.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (src): samba-4.15.13+git.663.9c654e06cdb-150400.3.28.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (src): samba-4.15.13+git.663.9c654e06cdb-150400.3.28.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (src): samba-4.15.13+git.663.9c654e06cdb-150400.3.28.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (src): samba-4.15.13+git.663.9c654e06cdb-150400.3.28.1
Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (src): samba-4.15.13+git.663.9c654e06cdb-150400.3.28.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP4 (src): samba-4.15.13+git.663.9c654e06cdb-150400.3.28.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.
Comment 19 Andrea Mattiazzo 2024-06-10 10:19:12 UTC
All done, closing.