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MiracleLinux 4 : samba4-4.0.0-68.AXS4.rc4 (AXSA:2016-139:02)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 289513

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2016-139:02 advisory.

 Samba is the standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and Unix.
 Security issues fixed with this release:
 CVE-2015-7560 The SMB1 implementation in smbd in Samba 3.x and 4.x before 4.1.23, 4.2.x before 4.2.9, 4.3.x before 4.3.6, and 4.4.x before 4.4.0rc4 allows remote authenticated users to modify arbitrary ACLs by using a UNIX SMB1 call to create a symlink, and then using a non-UNIX SMB1 call to write to the ACL content.

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

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/6525

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 289513

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2016-139.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-7560

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:H/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba4-test, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba4-common, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba4-dc-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba4-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba4-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba4-swat, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba4, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba4-python, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba4-winbind, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba4-winbind-krb5-locator, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba4-client, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:4, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba4-dc, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba4-winbind-clients, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba4-pidl

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/8/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7560