Check Point Advisories

Samba Root File System Access Security Bypass (CVE-2009-0022)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1522
Date Published:	7 May 2014
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Wednesday 07 May, 2014
Source:	Samba Team CVE-2009-0022
Industry Reference:	CVE-2009-0022
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Samba Team Samba 3.2.0 to 3.2.6
Vulnerability Description	A security bypass vulnerability exists in Samba. The vulnerability is due to a design weakness when registry based share definition is enabled. A remote attacker may leverage this vulnerability to gain read-only access to the local file system in the security context of the Samba service.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Samba Root File System Access Security Bypass protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Windows SMB Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Samba Root File System Access Security Bypass