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Debian DSA-1823-1 : samba - several vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 39568
Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Samba, a SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :- CVE-2009-1886 The smbclient utility contains a formatstring vulnerability where commands dealing with file names treat user input as format strings to asprintf.
- CVE-2009-1888 In the smbd daemon, if a user is trying to modify an access control list (ACL) and is denied permission, this deny may be overridden if the parameter 'dos filemode' is set to 'yes' in the smb.conf and the user already has write access to the file.
Solution
Upgrade the samba package.The old stable distribution (etch) is not affected by these problems.
For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 3.2.5-4lenny6.
See Also
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1886
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 39568
File Name: debian_DSA-1823.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 6/30/2009
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:samba, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Patch Publication Date: 6/25/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-1886, CVE-2009-1888