Samba 4.19.0rc2 < 4.19.2 DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 185710

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Synopsis

The remote Samba server is potentially affected by a denial of service.

Description

The version of Samba running on the remote host is potentially affected by a heap-based buffer overflow flaw. It could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.

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

Solution

Upgrade to Samba version 4.19.2.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 185710

File Name: samba_4_19_2.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 11/15/2023

Updated: 12/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5568

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:N/I:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:samba:samba

Required KB Items: SMB/samba, SMB/NativeLanManager

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/16/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5568

IAVA: 2023-A-0611

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