Advisory Details

August 25th, 2023

Samba Spotlight mdssvc RPC Request Type Confusion Information Disclosure Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2023-34966
CVSS SCORE	6.5, AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
AFFECTED VENDORS	Samba
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Samba
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Samba. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of Spotlight RPC arguments. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a type confusion condition. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the service account.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Samba has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2023-34966.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2023-03-22 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2023-08-25 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Florent Saudel, Arnaud Gatignol (@thalium_team)

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