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Debian DSA-3951-1 : smb4k - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 102684

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Sebastian Krahmer discovered that a programming error in the mount helper binary of the Smb4k Samba network share browser may result in local privilege escalation.

Solution

Upgrade the smb4k packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.1-2~deb8u1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/smb4k

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3951

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 102684

File Name: debian_DSA-3951.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/23/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:smb4k, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/22/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8849

DSA: 3951