RHEL 6 : samba4 (RHSA-2014:1009)

high Nessus Plugin ID 77013

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated samba4 packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Important 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 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.

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in Samba's NetBIOS message block daemon (nmbd). An attacker on the local network could use this flaw to send specially crafted packets that, when processed by nmbd, could possibly lead to arbitrary code execution with root privileges.
(CVE-2014-3560)

All Samba users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing this update, the smb service will be restarted automatically.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 77013

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2014-1009.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/6/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba4-dc-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba4-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba4-winbind-clients, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba4-swat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba4-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba4-winbind-krb5-locator, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba4-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba4-dc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba4-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba4-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba4-pidl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba4-winbind, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba4-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba4-common

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/5/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/28/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0178, CVE-2014-0244, CVE-2014-3493, CVE-2014-3560

RHSA: 2014:1009

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