SUSE SLES12 Security Update : samba (SUSE-SU-2021:3746-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 155642

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3746-1 advisory.

- A flaw was found in the way samba implemented SMB1 authentication. An attacker could use this flaw to retrieve the plaintext password sent over the wire even if Kerberos authentication was required.
(CVE-2016-2124)

- A flaw was found in the way Samba maps domain users to local users. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw to cause possible privilege escalation. (CVE-2020-25717)

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 affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 155642

File Name: suse_SU-2021-3746-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/20/2021

Updated: 7/13/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25717

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libtevent-util0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsamba-credentials0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libnetapi0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsamba-util0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libdcerpc-binding0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsamba-errors0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libndr0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsamba-errors0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsmbclient0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libdcerpc0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libdcerpc0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libndr-krb5pac0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libndr-standard0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libnetapi0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libndr-nbt0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libndr-standard0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsamba-credentials0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-winbind, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsamba-passdb0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsamba-hostconfig0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-client-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsmbldap0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libtevent-util0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsmbconf0-32bit, 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:libsamdb0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsamba-passdb0, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libndr0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsamdb0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwbclient0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-libs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsamba-util0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libndr-nbt0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libndr-krb5pac0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsamba-hostconfig0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsmbconf0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwbclient0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ctdb, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsmbldap0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libdcerpc-binding0-32bit

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: 11/19/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2124, CVE-2020-25717

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:3746-1

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