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Debian DSA-374-1 : libpam-smb - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 15211

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

libpam-smb is a PAM authentication module which makes it possible to authenticate users against a password database managed by Samba or a Microsoft Windows server. If a long password is supplied, this can cause a buffer overflow which could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process which invokes PAM services.

Solution

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.6-1.1woody1.

We recommend that you update your libpam-smb package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-374

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15211

File Name: debian_DSA-374.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpam-smb, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/26/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0686

BID: 8491

DSA: 374