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Scientific Linux Security Update : samba on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20160315)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 89959

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Synopsis

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

Description

A flaw was found in the way Samba handled ACLs on symbolic links. An authenticated user could use this flaw to gain access to an arbitrary file or directory by overwriting its ACL. (CVE-2015-7560)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?47137a88

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 89959

File Name: sl_20160315_samba_on_SL6_x.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/16/2016

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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:libwbclient, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libwbclient-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-client, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-client-libs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-common, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-common-libs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-common-tools, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-dc, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-dc-libs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-doc, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-domainjoin-gui, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-glusterfs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-libs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-pidl, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-python, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-swat, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-test, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-test-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-test-libs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-vfs-glusterfs, 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:samba-winbind-modules, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7560