Samba Badlock Vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 90509

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Synopsis

An SMB server running on the remote host is affected by the Badlock vulnerability.

Description

The version of Samba, a CIFS/SMB server for Linux and Unix, running on the remote host is affected by a flaw, known as Badlock, that exists in the Security Account Manager (SAM) and Local Security Authority (Domain Policy) (LSAD) protocols due to improper authentication level negotiation over Remote Procedure Call (RPC) channels. A man-in-the-middle attacker who is able to able to intercept the traffic between a client and a server hosting a SAM database can exploit this flaw to force a downgrade of the authentication level, which allows the execution of arbitrary Samba network calls in the context of the intercepted user, such as viewing or modifying sensitive security data in the Active Directory (AD) database or disabling critical services.

Solution

Upgrade to Samba version 4.2.11 / 4.3.8 / 4.4.2 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 90509

File Name: samba_badlock.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: remote

Family: General

Published: 4/13/2016

Updated: 11/20/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2118

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:samba:samba

Required KB Items: SMB/samba, SMB/name, SMB/transport

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/12/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/23/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2118

BID: 86002

CERT: 813296

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