GLSA-201805-07 : Samba: Multiple vulnerabilities (SambaCry)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 109974

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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-201805-07 (Samba: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Samba. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code, cause a Denial of Service condition, conduct a man-in-the-middle attack, or obtain sensitive information.
 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-4.5.16'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-07

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 109974

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201805-07.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 5/23/2018

Updated: 4/8/2019

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Temporal Vector: E:F/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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

Temporal Vector: E:F/RL:O/RC:C

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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/22/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/7/2016

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Samba is_known_pipename() Arbitrary Module Load)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2119, CVE-2017-14746, CVE-2017-15275, CVE-2017-7494, CVE-2018-1050, CVE-2018-1057

GLSA: 201805-07