The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7408 advisory.

    Samba is an open-source implementation of the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol and the related Common     Internet File System (CIFS) protocol, which allow PC-compatible machines to share files, printers, and     various information.

    Security Fix(es):

    * samba: smbd allows client access to unix domain sockets on the file system as root (CVE-2023-3961)

    * samba: SMB clients can truncate files with read-only permissions (CVE-2023-4091)

    * samba: rpcecho development server allows denial of service via sleep() call on AD DC (CVE-2023-42669)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

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RHEL 8 : samba (RHSA-2023:7408)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 186049

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