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AlmaLinux 8 : libldb (ALSA-2020:4568)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 157477

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2020:4568 advisory.

 - A NULL pointer dereference, or possible use-after-free flaw was found in Samba AD LDAP server in versions before 4.10.17, before 4.11.11 and before 4.12.4. Although some versions of Samba shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux do not support Samba in AD mode, the affected code is shipped with the libldb package.
 This flaw allows an authenticated user to possibly trigger a use-after-free or NULL pointer dereference.
 The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2020-10730)

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://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2020-4568.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 157477

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2020-4568.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 2/9/2022

Updated: 2/14/2022

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-10730

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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:alma:linux:libldb, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libldb-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-ldb, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ldb-tools

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/3/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/2/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-10730

IAVA: 2020-A-0288-S