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Debian DSA-463-1 : samba - privilege escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 15300

Synopsis

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

Description

Samba, a LanManager-like file and printer server for Unix, was found to contain a vulnerability whereby a local user could use the 'smbmnt' utility, which is setuid root, to mount a file share from a remote server which contained setuid programs under the control of the user.
These programs could then be executed to gain privileges on the local system.

Solution

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.3a-13.

We recommend that you update your samba package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-463

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15300

File Name: debian_DSA-463.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 6/14/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:samba

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0186

BID: 9619

DSA: 463

IAVA: 2023-A-0535