Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 10.2 / current : Samba DoS (SSA:2006-195-01)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22050

Synopsis

The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.

Description

New Samba packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and
-current to fix a security related (but in my own and also the Samba's team member who made their WHATSNEW.txt entry, 'minor') denial of service issue.

Solution

Update the affected samba package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?28f46717

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22050

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2006-195-01.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 7/17/2006

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:slackware:slackware_linux:samba, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.1, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/10/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3403

BID: 18927

SSA: 2006-195-01