CVE-2021-44142

Updated on 21 Feb 2022

Severity

8.8 High severity

Details

CVSS score
8.8
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Overview

About vulnerability

The Samba vfs_fruit module uses extended file attributes (EA, xattr) to provide “…enhanced compatibility with Apple SMB clients and interoperability with a Netatalk 3 AFP fileserver.” Samba versions prior to 4.13.17, 4.14.12 and 4.15.5 with vfs_fruit configured allow out-of-bounds heap read and write via specially crafted extended file attributes. A remote attacker with write access to extended file attributes can execute arbitrary code with the privileges of smbd, typically root.

Details

Affected packages:
samba @ 4.14.5-7 (+8 more)
The Samba vfs_fruit module uses extended file attributes (EA, xattr) to provide “…enhanced compatibility with Apple SMB clients and interoperability with a Netatalk 3 AFP fileserver.” Samba versions prior to 4.13.17, 4.14.12 and 4.15.5 with vfs_fruit configured allow out-of-bounds heap read and write via specially crafted extended file attributes. A remote attacker with write access to extended file attributes can execute arbitrary code with the privileges of smbd, typically root.

Fixes