Samba 3.x < 3.4.17 / 3.5.x < 3.5.15 / 3.6.x < 3.6.5 Remote Security Bypass

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 9344

Synopsis

The remote Samba server is affected by a remote security bypass attack vector.

Description

According to its banner, the version of Samba is 3.4.x earlier than 3.4.17, 3.5.x earlier than 3.5.15, or 3.6.x earlier than 3.6.5. It is therefore affected by a flaw in the application security checks for the 'CreateAccount', 'OpenAccount', 'AddAccountRights', and 'RemoveAccountRights' remote procedure calls in the local security authority. This may allow a remote attacker to manipulate the ownership of arbitrary files and directories.

Solution

Upgrade Samba to version 3.6.5 or later. If version 3.6.x cannot be obtained, versions 3.5.15 and 3.4.17 have also been patched for this issue.

See Also

http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2012-2111

http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.4.17.html

http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.5.15.html

http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.6.5.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 9344

Family: Samba

Published: 6/9/2016

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 58949

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 6

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:X/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:samba:samba

Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/30/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2111

BID: 53307