Scientific Linux Security Update : samba and samba3x on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/srpm/x86_64 (20140325)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 73201

Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

It was found that certain Samba configurations did not enforce the password lockout mechanism. A remote attacker could use this flaw to perform password guessing attacks on Samba user accounts. Note: this flaw only affected Samba when deployed as a Primary Domain Controller.
(CVE-2013-4496)

A flaw was found in the way the pam_winbind module handled configurations that specified a non-existent group as required. An authenticated user could possibly use this flaw to gain access to a service using pam_winbind in its PAM configuration when group restriction was intended for access to the service. (CVE-2012-6150)

After installing this update, the smb service will be restarted automatically.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?aa68d877

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 73201

File Name: sl_20140325_samba_and_samba3x_on_SL5_x.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/26/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libsmbclient, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libsmbclient-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-client, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-common, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-doc, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-domainjoin-gui, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-swat, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-winbind, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-winbind-clients, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-winbind-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-winbind-krb5-locator, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba3x, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba3x-client, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba3x-common, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba3x-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba3x-doc, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba3x-domainjoin-gui, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba3x-swat, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba3x-winbind, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba3x-winbind-devel, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/25/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6150, CVE-2013-4496