GLSA-200607-10 : Samba: Denial of Service vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22108

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200607-10 (Samba: Denial of Service vulnerability)

During an internal audit the Samba team discovered that a flaw in the way Samba stores share connection requests could lead to a Denial of Service.
Impact :

By sending a large amount of share connection requests to a vulnerable Samba server, an attacker could cause a Denial of Service due to memory consumption.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Samba users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-fs/samba-3.0.22-r3'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22108

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200607-10.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 7/28/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

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:gentoo:linux:samba, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/25/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/10/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3403

BID: 18927

GLSA: 200607-10

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