SUSE SLES15: ctdb / libsamba-policy-devel / libsamba-policy-python3-devel / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:4096-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 183282

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:4096-1 advisory.

- CVE-2023-4091: Fixed a bug where a client can truncate file with read-only permissions. (bsc#1215904)
- CVE-2023-42669: Fixed a bug in 'rpcecho' development server which allows Denial of Service via sleep() call on AD DC. (bso#1215905)
- CVE-2023-4154: Fixed a bug in dirsync which allows SYSTEM access with only 'GUID_DRS_GET_CHANGES' right.
(bsc#1215908)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 183282

File Name: suse_SU-2023-4096-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/18/2023

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-4154

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-ceph, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsamba-policy0-python3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-ad-dc-libs-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-ad-dc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-gpupdate, 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:15, 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:samba-dsdb-modules, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ctdb, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-client-libs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-ad-dc-libs, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-4091, CVE-2023-4154, CVE-2023-42669

IAVA: 2023-A-0535-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:4096-1

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