CVE-2021-44142

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9.9CVSS v3 Score Breakdown

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Additional information

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Description

An out-of-bounds heap read write vulnerability was found in Samba. Due to a boundary error when processing EA metadata while opening files in smbd within the VFS Samba module (vfs_fruit), a remote attacker with ability to write to file's extended attributes can trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

Mitigation

As a workaround remove the "fruit" VFS module from the list of configured VFS objects in any "vfs objects" line in the Samba configuration smb.conf.

Note that changing the VFS module settings fruit:metadata or fruit:resource to use the unaffected setting causes all stored information to be inaccessible and will make it appear to macOS clients as if the information is lost.

Additional information

Bugzilla 2046146: samba: Out-of-bounds heap read/write vulnerability in VFS module vfs_fruit allows code execution
CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2021-44142

External references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44142

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44142

https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2021-44142.html

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

Important note

CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).

CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
	Red Hat	NVD
CVSS v3 Base Score	9.9	8.8
Attack Vector	Network	Network
Attack Complexity	Low	Low
Privileges Required	Low	Low
User Interaction	None	None
Scope	Changed	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	High	High
Integrity Impact	High	High
Availability Impact	High	High

CVSS v3 Vector

Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Understanding the Weakness (CWE)

CWE-787

Integrity

Technical Impact: Modify Memory; Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands

Write operations could cause memory corruption. In some cases, an adversary can modify control data such as return addresses in order to execute unexpected code.

Availability

Technical Impact: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart

Attempting to access out-of-range, invalid, or unauthorized memory could cause the product to crash.

Other

Technical Impact: Unexpected State

Subsequent write operations can produce undefined or unexpected results.

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Orange Tsai (DEVCORE) for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges the Samba project as the original reporter.

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Why is Red Hat's CVSS v3 score or Impact different from other vendors?

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Upgrade to a supported product version that includes a fix for this vulnerability (recommended).
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A deferred status means that a fix for an affected product version is not guaranteed due to higher-priority development work.

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CVE-2021-44142

Description

Mitigation

Additional information

External references

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

Important note

CVSS v3 Vector

Understanding the Weakness (CWE)

Integrity

Availability

Other

Acknowledgements

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is Red Hat's CVSS v3 score or Impact different from other vendors?

My product is listed as "Under investigation" or "Affected", when will Red Hat release a fix for this vulnerability?

What can I do if my product is listed as "Will not fix"?

What can I do if my product is listed as "Fix deferred"?

What is a mitigation?

I have a Red Hat product but it is not in the above list, is it affected?

Why is my security scanner reporting my product as vulnerable to this vulnerability even though my product version is fixed or not affected?

My product is listed as "Out of Support Scope". What does this mean?

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