CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : samba (CESA-2010:0697)

high Nessus Plugin ID 49261

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated samba packages that fix one security issue and one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7, 5.3, and 5.4 Extended Update Support.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Samba is a suite of programs used by machines to share files, printers, and other information.

A missing array boundary checking flaw was found in the way Samba parsed the binary representation of Windows security identifiers (SIDs). A malicious client could send a specially crafted SMB request to the Samba server, resulting in arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the Samba server (smbd). (CVE-2010-3069)

For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, this update also fixes the following bug :

* Previously, the restorecon utility was required during the installation of the samba-common package. As a result, attempting to update samba without this utility installed may have failed with the following error :

/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.[xxxxx]: line 7: restorecon: command not found

With this update, the utility is only used when it is already present on the system, and the package is now always updated as expected.
(BZ#629602)

Users of Samba are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues. After installing this update, the smb service will be restarted automatically.

Solution

Update the affected samba packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 49261

File Name: centos_RHSA-2010-0697.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 9/17/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:samba-swat, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:samba, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:samba-common, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsmbclient-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsmbclient, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:samba-client

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3069

BID: 43212

RHSA: 2010:0697

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