Amazon Linux 2 : samba (ALAS-2021-1649)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 169521

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of samba installed on the remote host is prior to 4.10.16-13. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2021-1649 advisory.

A flaw was found in the way Samba handled file and directory permissions. This flaw allows an authenticated user to gain access to certain file and directory information, which otherwise would be unavailable. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality. (CVE-2020-14318)

A null pointer dereference flaw was found in Samba's winbind service. This flaw allows a local user to crash the winbind service, causing a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2020-14323)

A flaw was found in the Microsoft Windows Netlogon Remote Protocol (MS-NRPC), where it reuses a known, static, zero-value initialization vector (IV) in AES-CFB8 mode. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to impersonate a domain-joined computer, including a domain controller, and possibly obtain domain administratorprivileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability. (CVE-2020-1472)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

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

Solution

Run 'yum update samba' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 169521

File Name: al2_ALAS-2021-1649.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 1/4/2023

Updated: 12/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 10.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1472

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14318

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libsmbclient, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:samba, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:samba-pidl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libwbclient, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:samba-common-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:samba-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:samba-winbind-krb5-locator, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:samba-python, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ctdb-tests, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:samba-test, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:samba-client-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ctdb, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:samba-dc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:samba-test-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:samba-vfs-glusterfs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libwbclient-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:samba-winbind-clients, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:samba-krb5-printing, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:samba-winbind, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:samba-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:samba-python-test, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:samba-client, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:samba-common-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:samba-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:samba-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libsmbclient-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:samba-dc-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:samba-winbind-modules

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2020

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 9/21/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14318, CVE-2020-14323, CVE-2020-1472

IAVA: 2020-A-0438-S, 2020-A-0508-S

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