SuSE 10 Security Update : Samba (ZYPP Patch Number 6921)

low Nessus Plugin ID 49834

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

With enabled 'wide links' samba follows symbolic links on the server side, therefore allowing clients to overwrite arbitrary files (CVE-2010-0926). This update changes the default setting to have 'wide links' disabled by default. The new default only works if 'wide links' is not set explicitly in smb.conf.

Due to a race condition in mount.cifs a local attacker could corrupt /etc/mtab if mount.cifs is installed setuid root. mount.cifs is not setuid root by default and it's not recommended to change that.
(CVE-2010-0547)

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 6921.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0547.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0926.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 49834

File Name: suse_cifs-mount-6921.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/11/2010

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/11/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0547, CVE-2010-0926

CWE: 20, 22