CentOS 3 / 4 : samba (CESA-2006:0591)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22104

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated samba packages that fix a denial of service vulnerability are now available.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Samba provides file and printer sharing services to SMB/CIFS clients.

A denial of service bug was found in the way the smbd daemon tracks active connections to shares. It was possible for a remote attacker to cause the smbd daemon to consume a large amount of system memory by sending carefully crafted smb requests. (CVE-2006-3403)

Users of Samba are advised to upgrade to these packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected samba packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22104

File Name: centos_RHSA-2006-0591.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 7/28/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:centos:centos:samba, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:samba-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:samba-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:samba-swat, cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/3/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3403

BID: 18927

RHSA: 2006:0591

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