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RHEL 4 / 5 : samba (RHSA-2012:0332)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 58111
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for samba.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 / 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2012:0332 advisory.- samba: Any Batched (AndX) request processing infinite recursion and heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2012-0870)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL samba package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:0332.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?bf073fb3
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0332
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 58111
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-0332.nasl
Version: 1.23
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 2/24/2012
Updated: 4/21/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.9
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0870
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsmbclient, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsmbclient-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba-swat, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:5.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_mission_critical:5.3
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/23/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-0870
BID: 52103