RHEL 8 : samba (RHSA-2023:0638)

high Nessus Plugin ID 171113

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for samba.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:0638 advisory.

- samba: RC4/HMAC-MD5 NetLogon Secure Channel is weak and should be avoided (CVE-2022-38023)

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-2023:0638.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?c697cbf8

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2154362

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0638

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 171113

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-0638.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/8/2023

Updated: 4/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-38023

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.2, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ctdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ctdb-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsmbclient, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwbclient, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-samba, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-samba-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba-client-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba-common-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba-common-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba-krb5-printing, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba-pidl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba-test-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba-winbind, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba-winbind-clients, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba-winbind-krb5-locator, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba-winbind-modules

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: 2/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-38023

CWE: 328

IAVA: 2023-A-0004-S

RHSA: 2023:0638