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SUSE SLES12: ctdb / libsamba-policy-devel / libsamba-policy-python3-devel / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:0164-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 170696

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:0164-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2021-20251: Fixed an issue where the bad password count would not be properly incremented, which could allow attackers to brute force a user's password (bsc#1206546).
 - CVE-2022-37966: Fixed an issue where a weak cipher would be selected to encrypt session keys, which could lead to privilege escalation (bsc#1205385).

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1205385

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1206504

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1206546

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20251

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-37966

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-38023

http://www.nessus.org/u?4185496c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 170696

File Name: suse_SU-2023-0164-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/27/2023

Updated: 6/26/2026

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-38023

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20251

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-libs-python3-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsamba-policy0-python3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsamba-policy0-python3-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-winbind-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-client-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-winbind-libs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsamba-policy-python3-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-winbind, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-tool, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-client-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-python3, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-ldb-ldap, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsamba-policy-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-libs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-libs-python3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ctdb, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-client-libs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/26/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20251, CVE-2022-37966, CVE-2022-38023

IAVA: 2023-A-0004-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:0164-1