Samba 3.3.x < 3.3.11 / 3.4.x < 3.4.6 / 3.5.x < 3.5.0rc3 Directory Traversal

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 9342

Synopsis

The remote Samba server is affected by a remote Denial of Service (DoS) attack vector.

Description

According to its banner, the version of Samba is 3.3.x earlier than 3.3.11, or 3.4.x earlier than 3.4.6, or 3.5.x earlier than 3.5.0rc3, and is therefore affected by a directory-traversal vulnerability as the application fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input. According to the vendor, the issue stems from an insecure default configuration. The vendor advises administrators to set 'wide links = no' in the '[global]' section of 'smb.conf'. To exploit this issue, attackers require authenticated access to a writable share, and may be exploited through a writable share accessible by guest accounts. This may allow an attacker to access files outside of the Samba user's root directory to obtain sensitive information and perform other attacks.

Solution

Upgrade Samba to version 3.5.0rc3 or later. If version 3.5.x cannot be obtained, versions 3.4.6 and 3.3.11 have also been patched for this issue.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 9342

Family: Samba

Published: 6/9/2016

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 44406

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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: 2/4/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0926

BID: 38111

Detections

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