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Samba 4.17.x < 4.17.7 / 4.18.x < 4.18.1 Incomplete Access Check

medium Nessus Plugin ID 173913

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Synopsis

The remote Samba server is potentially affected by a vulnerabilitiy.

Description

The version of Samba running on the remote host is potentially affected by a vulnerability. A flaw was found in Samba.
An incomplete access check on dnsHostName allows authenticated but otherwise unprivileged users to delete this attribute from any object in the directory.

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

Solution

Upgrade to Samba version 4.17.7, or 4.18.1.

See Also

https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2023-0225.html

https://www.samba.org/samba/history/security.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 173913

File Name: samba_4_18_1_cve-2023-0225.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 4/5/2023

Updated: 9/28/2023

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-0225

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:samba:samba

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, SMB/samba, SMB/NativeLanManager

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/29/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/29/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0225

IAVA: 2023-A-0167-S