The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2013:1310 advisory.

    Samba is an open-source implementation of the Server Message Block (SMB) or     Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocol, which allows PC-compatible     machines to share files, printers, and other information.

    It was discovered that the Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) did not     protect against being opened in a web page frame. A remote attacker could     possibly use this flaw to conduct a clickjacking attack against SWAT users     or users with an active SWAT session. (CVE-2013-0213)

    A flaw was found in the Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection     mechanism implemented in SWAT. An attacker with the knowledge of a victim's     password could use this flaw to bypass CSRF protections and conduct a CSRF     attack against the victim SWAT user. (CVE-2013-0214)

    An integer overflow flaw was found in the way Samba handled an Extended     Attribute (EA) list provided by a client. A malicious client could send a     specially crafted EA list that triggered an overflow, causing the server to     loop and reprocess the list using an excessive amount of memory.
    (CVE-2013-4124)

    Note: This issue did not affect the default configuration of the Samba     server.

    Red Hat would like to thank the Samba project for reporting CVE-2013-0213     and CVE-2013-0214. Upstream acknowledges Jann Horn as the original reporter     of CVE-2013-0213 and CVE-2013-0214.

    These updated samba3x packages also include numerous bug fixes. Space     precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are     directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.10 Technical Notes, linked to in     the References, for information on the most significant of these changes.

    All samba3x users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which     contain backported patches to correct these issues. After installing this     update, the smb service will be restarted automatically.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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RHEL 5 : samba3x (RHSA-2013:1310)

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