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Debian DLA-1320-1 : samba security update
low Nessus Plugin ID 108661
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security update.Description
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Samba, a SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following issues :CVE-2018-1050
It was discovered that Samba is prone to a denial of service attack when the RPC spoolss service is configured to be run as an external daemon. Thanks for Jeremy Allison for the patch.
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2018-1050.html
For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 3.6.6-6+deb7u16.
We recommend that you upgrade your samba packages.
NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Upgrade the affected packages.See Also
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00024.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 108661
File Name: debian_DLA-1320.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 3/28/2018
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 1.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpam-winbind, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:samba-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:smbclient, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:winbind, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsmbclient, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:samba-common-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwbclient-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:samba-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwbclient0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:samba-tools, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:samba-doc-pdf, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:swat, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsmbclient-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnss-winbind, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpam-smbpass, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:samba, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:samba-common
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-1050