Fedora 17 : samba-3.6.5-85.fc17.1 (2012-6981)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 58971

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security Release, fixes CVE-2012-2111 This fixes smbd and nmbd startup issues.

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Solution

Update the affected samba package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 58971

File Name: fedora_2012-6981.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 5/3/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:samba, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:17

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2111

BID: 53307

FEDORA: 2012-6981

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