RHEL 2.1 : samba (RHSA-2003:096)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 12379

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated Samba packages are now available to fix security vulnerabilities found during a code audit.

Samba is a suite of utilities which provides file and printer sharing services to SMB/CIFS clients.

Sebastian Krahmer discovered a security vulnerability present in unpatched versions of Samba prior to 2.2.8. An anonymous user could use the vulnerability to gain root access on the target machine.

Additionally, a race condition could allow an attacker to overwrite critical system files.

All users of Samba are advised to update to the erratum packages which contain patches to correct these vulnerabilities.

These packages contain the security fixes backported to the Samba 2.2.7 codebase.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 12379

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2003-096.nasl

Version: 1.32

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/6/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba-swat, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/20/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/31/2003

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0085, CVE-2003-0086, CVE-2003-1332

RHSA: 2003:096

Detections

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