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SUSE SLES11 Security Update : samba (SUSE-SU-2020:14437-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 150607

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2020:14437-1 advisory.

 - A flaw was found in all Samba versions before 4.10.17, before 4.11.11 and before 4.12.4 in the way it processed NetBios over TCP/IP. This flaw allows a remote attacker could to cause the Samba server to consume excessive CPU use, resulting in a denial of service. This highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2020-10745)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1173160

http://www.nessus.org/u?d3a82130

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10745

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 150607

File Name: suse_SU-2020-14437-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/10/2021

Updated: 6/10/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-10745

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-krb-printing, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libtevent0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libtdb1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libtdb1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libldb1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsmbclient0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ldapsmb, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libtalloc2, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-winbind, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-client-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libtalloc2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-winbind-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsmbclient0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libtevent0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwbclient0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwbclient0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/23/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/2/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-10745

IAVA: 2020-A-0288-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2020:14437-1