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Samba 3.3.11 / 3.4.6 / 3.5.0 Security Bypass Vulnerability

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5360

Synopsis

The remote Samba server is vulnerable to a security bypass attack.

Description

According to its banner, the version of Samba Server on the remote host is potentially affected by a security bypass vulnerability. A flaw exists that causes all smbd processes to inherit CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE capabilities, allowing all file system access to be allowed even when permissions should have denied access.

Solution

Upgrade to Samba 3.3.12, 3.4.7, 3.5.1.

See Also

http://www.samba.org/samba/history/security.html

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7222

http://us1.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2010-078.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 5360

Family: Samba

Published: 3/10/2010

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 45046, 45047

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:samba:samba

Patch Publication Date: 3/9/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/9/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0728

BID: 38606