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MiracleLinux 4 : samba4-4.2.10-11.AXS4 (AXSA:2017-2304:03)
high Nessus Plugin ID 289896
Synopsis
The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote MiracleLinux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2017-2304:03 advisory.* It was found that samba did not enforce SMB signing when certain configuration options were enabled. A remote attacker could launch a man-in-the-middle attack and retrieve information in plain-text.
(CVE-2017-12150)
* An information leak flaw was found in the way SMB1 protocol was implemented by Samba. A malicious client could use this flaw to dump server memory contents to a file on the samba share or to a shared printer, though the exact area of server memory cannot be controlled by the attacker. (CVE-2017-12163) Asianux would like to thank the Samba project for reporting CVE-2017-12150 and Yihan Lian and Zhibin Hu (Qihoo 360 GearTeam), Stefan Metzmacher (SerNet), and Jeremy Allison (Google) for reporting CVE-2017-12163. Upstream acknowledges Stefan Metzmacher (SerNet) as the original reporter of CVE-2017-12150.
CVE-2017-12150
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CVE-2017-12163
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Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux 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.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 289896
File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2017-2304.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 1/16/2026
Updated: 1/16/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.2
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.8
Temporal Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12150
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.4
Temporal Score: 6.4
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba4, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba4-common, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba4-winbind-krb5-locator, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba4-winbind-clients, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba4-pidl, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba4-test, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:4, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba4-dc-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba4-winbind, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba4-client, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba4-dc, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba4-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba4-python, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba4-devel
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: 10/9/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2017
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-12150, CVE-2017-12163