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GLSA-200702-01 : Samba: Multiple vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 24350
Synopsis
The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200702-01 (Samba: Multiple vulnerabilities)A format string vulnerability exists in the VFS module when handling AFS file systems and an infinite loop has been discovered when handling file rename operations.
Impact :
A user with permission to write to a shared AFS file system may be able to compromise the smbd process and execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the daemon. The infinite loop could be abused to consume excessive resources on the smbd host, denying service to legitimate users.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Solution
All Samba users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-fs/samba-3.0.24'
See Also
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2007-0452.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 24350
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200702-01.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 2/15/2007
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:samba, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/13/2007
Reference Information
GLSA: 200702-01