RHEL 6 : samba4 (RHSA-2017:3278)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 104843

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for samba4.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:3278 advisory.

- samba: Use-after-free in processing SMB1 requests (CVE-2017-14746)

- samba: Server heap-memory disclosure (CVE-2017-15275)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL samba4 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2017:3278.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?85ca61f6

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3278

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1511899

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1512465

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 104843

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-3278.nasl

Version: 3.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/29/2017

Updated: 4/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-14746

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba4-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba4-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba4-dc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba4-dc-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba4-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba4-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba4-pidl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba4-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba4-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba4-winbind, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba4-winbind-clients, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba4-winbind-krb5-locator, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/29/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/27/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14746, CVE-2017-15275

RHSA: 2017:3278