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Oracle Linux 7 : samba (ELSA-2019-2099)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 180845

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2019-2099 advisory.

 - A flaw was found in the way samba implemented an RPC endpoint emulating the Windows registry service API.
 An unprivileged attacker could use this flaw to create a new registry hive file anywhere they have unix permissions which could lead to creation of a new file in the Samba share. Versions before 4.8.11, 4.9.6 and 4.10.2 are vulnerable. (CVE-2019-3880)

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://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-2099.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 180845

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-2099.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 9/7/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3880

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-pidl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-python, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-python-test, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-test, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-test-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-vfs-glusterfs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-winbind, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-winbind-clients, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-winbind-krb5-locator, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-winbind-modules, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ctdb, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ctdb-tests, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libsmbclient, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libsmbclient-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libwbclient, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libwbclient-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-client, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-client-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-common-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-common-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-dc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-dc-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-krb5-printing

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3880

IAVA: 2019-A-0124-S