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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.10 : samba vulnerability (USN-2156-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 73223

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Andrew Bartlett discovered that Samba did not properly enforce the password guessing protection mechanism for all interfaces. A remote attacker could use this issue to possibly attempt to brute force user passwords.

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Solution

Update the affected samba package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/2156-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 73223

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2156-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/27/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:samba, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/26/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/14/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4496

BID: 66336

USN: 2156-1