HOW TO FIX THE OUT-OF-BOUNDS WRITE VULERABILITY IN SAMBA vfs_fruit MODULE (CVE-2021-44142)
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A security researcher from DEVCORE, Orange Tsai disclosed a critical out-of-bounds write vulnerability in Samba vfs_fruit module along with a medium and low vulnerability. The out-of-bound read/write vulnerability is tracked under CVE-2021-44142 has a base score of 9.9 out of 10. The successful exploitation of the flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on the affected machine with the highest root privileges.
1. What Is Samba? 2. What Is Out-Of-Bounds Write Vulnerability? 3. Summary Of The Samba vfs_fruit Vulnerability (CVE-2021-44142)? 3.1. Summary Of CVE-2021-44142: 3.2. Summary Of CVE-2021-44141: 3.3. Summary Of CVE-2022-0336: 3.4. Samba Versions Affected To The Vulnerabilities: 3.5. Operating Systems Affected By The Samba Out-Of-Bounds Write Vulnerability: 4. How to Fix the Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability In Samba vfs_fruit Module (CVE-2021-44142)?