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Scientific Linux Security Update : samba on SL7.x x86_64 (20170801)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 102656

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Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version:
samba (4.6.2).

Security Fix(es) :

 - A flaw was found in the way Samba handled dangling symlinks. An authenticated malicious Samba client could use this flaw to cause the smbd daemon to enter an infinite loop and use an excessive amount of CPU and memory. (CVE-2017-9461)

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a74b3ad9

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 102656

File Name: sl_20170801_samba_on_SL7_x.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/22/2017

Updated: 11/26/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9461

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-test-libs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-winbind-modules, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-python, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libwbclient-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-client-libs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-vfs-glusterfs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-winbind, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-krb5-printing, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-libs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-pidl, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-test, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-dc, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-dc-libs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-winbind-clients, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libwbclient, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-winbind-krb5-locator, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-client, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-common-libs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libsmbclient, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libsmbclient-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-common-tools, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-common

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/1/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9461