SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : yast2-samba-provision (SUSE-SU-2022:3199-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 164899

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3199-1 advisory.

Security issue fixed:

- CVE-2018-17956: Fixed a credentials leak (bsc#1117597).

Non-Security issues fixed:

- Stop packaging docdir, it only contained the license which is now in licensedir. (bsc#1184897)
- Catch and show internal python exceptions. (bsc#1140548)
- Show a dialog with provision details or errors. (bsc#1132676)
- Add metainfo (fate#319035)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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 affected yast2-samba-provision package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 164899

File Name: suse_SU-2022-3199-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/9/2022

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, tenable_cloud_security, tenable_self_hosted_container_security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-17956

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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:novell:suse_linux:yast2-samba-provision, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/15/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-17956

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:3199-1

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