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Slackware 10.0 / current : samba DoS (SSA:2004-257-01)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18757

Synopsis

The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.

Description

New samba packages are available for Slackware 10.0 and -current.
These fix two denial of service vulnerabilities reported by iDEFENSE.
Slackware -current has been upgraded to samba-3.0.7, while the samba-3.0.5 included with Slackware 10.0 has been patched to fix these issues. Sites running Samba 3.x should upgrade to the new package.
Versions of Samba before 3.0.x are not affected by these flaws.

Solution

Update the affected samba package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?9c63b8a1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18757

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2004-257-01.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:samba, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0807, CVE-2004-0808

SSA: 2004-257-01