Oracle Linux 5 : samba3x (ELSA-2011-0306)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68209

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2011:0306 :

Updated samba3x packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Samba is a suite of programs used by machines to share files, printers, and other information.

A flaw was found in the way Samba handled file descriptors. If an attacker were able to open a large number of file descriptors on the Samba server, they could flip certain stack bits to '1' values, resulting in the Samba server (smbd) crashing. (CVE-2011-0719)

Red Hat would like to thank the Samba team for reporting this issue.

Users of Samba are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. After installing this update, the smb service will be restarted automatically.

Solution

Update the affected samba3x packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2011-March/001964.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68209

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0306.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba3x, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba3x-client, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba3x-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba3x-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba3x-domainjoin-gui, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba3x-swat, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba3x-winbind, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba3x-winbind-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/3/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0719

BID: 46597

RHSA: 2011:0306