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Ubuntu 17.04 : samba vulnerability (USN-3267-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 99685

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Synopsis

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

Description

Jann Horn discovered that Samba incorrectly handled symlinks. An authenticated remote attacker could use this issue to access files on the server outside of the exported directories.

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Solution

Update the affected samba package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3267-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 99685

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3267-1.nasl

Version: 3.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/26/2017

Updated: 1/12/2023

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:samba

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/25/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-2619

USN: 3267-1