SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : samba (SUSE-SU-2025:3676-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 270846

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:3676-1 advisory.

- CVE-2025-9640: Fixed uninitialized memory disclosure via vfs_streams_xattr (bsc#1251279).
- CVE-2025-10230: Fixed command Injection in WINS server hook script (bsc#1251280).

Update to 4.21.8:

* netr_LogonSamLogonEx returns NR_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED with SysvolReady=0; (bso#14981).
* getpwuid does not shift to new DC when current DC is down;
(bso#15844).
* Windows security hardening locks out schannel'ed netlogon dc calls like netr_DsRGetDCName; (bso#15876).
* kinit command is failing with Missing cache Error;
(bso#15840).
* Figuring out the DC name from IP address fails and breaks fork_domain_child(); (bso#15891).
* Delayed leader broadcast can block ctdb forever; (bso#15892).
* 'net ads group' failed to list domain groups; (bso#15900).
* Apparently there is a conflict between shadow_copy2 module and virusfilter (action quarantine); (bso#15663).
* Fix handling of empty GPO link; (bso#15877).
* SMB ACL inheritance doesn't work for files created;
(bso#15880).

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: 270846

File Name: suse_SU-2025-3676-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/21/2025

Updated: 10/21/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-9640

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-winbind, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ctdb, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-ceph, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-libs-python3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-python3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ldb-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-ldb, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-gpupdate, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-ldb-ldap, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-client-libs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-winbind-libs, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libldb-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libldb2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-libs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libldb2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-client-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-tool, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-winbind-libs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-dcerpc

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: 10/20/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-10230, CVE-2025-9640

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:3676-1

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