CVE-2018-10858

Summary

CVECVE-2018-10858
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-08-22 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-06-26 08:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA heap-buffer overflow was found in the way samba clients processed extra long filename in a directory listing. A malicious samba server could use this flaw to cause arbitrary code execution on a samba client. Samba versions before 4.6.16, 4.7.9 and 4.8.4 are vulnerable.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization Host 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization Host 4.0 All All All
Application Samba Samba All All All All
Application Samba Samba All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Samba CVE-2018-10858 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Samba 'libsmbclient' Directory Listing Validation Flaw Lets Remote Authenticated Users Cause the Target User's SMB Service to Crash - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-3738-1: Samba vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
August 2018 Samba Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
Samba - Security Announcement Archive CONFIRM www.samba.org Vendor Advisory
1612805 – (CVE-2018-10858) CVE-2018-10858 samba: Insufficient input validation in libsmbclient CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4271-1 samba DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Samba: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202003-52) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
McAfee Security Bulletin - SIEM update fixes multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2015-7704, CVE-2016-10708, CVE-2018-10858, CVE-2018-11784, CVE-2018-18258, CVE-2019-3628, CVE-2019-3629, CVE-2019-3630, CVE-2019-3631, CVE-2019-3632) CONFIRM kc.mcafee.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500636 Alpine Linux Security Update for samba
  • 504400 Alpine Linux Security Update for samba
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