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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : samba (SUSE-SU-2023:0164-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 170696

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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-2023:0164-1 advisory.

 - A flaw was found in samba. A race condition in the password lockout code may lead to the risk of brute force attacks being successful if special conditions are met. (CVE-2021-20251)

 - Windows Kerberos RC4-HMAC Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2022-37966)

 - Netlogon RPC Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2022-38023)

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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1205385

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1206504

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1206546

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20251

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-37966

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-38023

http://www.nessus.org/u?4185496c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 170696

File Name: suse_SU-2023-0164-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/27/2023

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-38023

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-libs-python3-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsamba-policy0-python3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsamba-policy0-python3-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-winbind-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-client-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-winbind-libs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsamba-policy-python3-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-winbind, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-tool, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-client-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-python3, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-ldb-ldap, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-libs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-libs-python3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ctdb, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-client-libs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/26/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20251, CVE-2022-37966, CVE-2022-38023

IAVA: 2023-A-0004-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:0164-1