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Debian DSA-2004-1 : samba - several vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 44950
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Two local vulnerabilities have been discovered in samba, a SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :- CVE-2009-3297 Ronald Volgers discovered that a race condition in mount.cifs allows local users to mount remote filesystems over arbitrary mount points.
- CVE-2010-0547 Jeff Layton discovered that missing input sanitising in mount.cifs allows denial of service by corrupting /etc/mtab.
Solution
Upgrade the samba packages.For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 2:3.2.5-4lenny9.
See Also
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3297
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 44950
File Name: debian_DSA-2004.nasl
Version: 1.21
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 3/2/2010
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.4
Temporal Score: 3.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-0547, CVE-2010-0787
BID: 37724, 37762, 37906, 37992, 38058, 38144, 38165, 38326, 36936, 37019, 37036, 37068, 37069, 37339, 37519, 37523