MiracleLinux 8 : samba-4.18.6-2.el8_9.ML.1 (AXSA:2024-7345:01)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 291960

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2024-7345:01 advisory.

samba: smbd allows client access to unix domain sockets on the file system as root (CVE-2023-3961) samba: SMB clients can truncate files with read-only permissions (CVE-2023-4091) samba: rpcecho development server allows denial of service via sleep() call on AD DC (CVE-2023-42669)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 291960

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2024-7345.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Miracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 1/20/2026

Updated: 1/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-3961

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba-ldb-ldap-modules, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba-tools, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libsmbclient, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba-client, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ctdb, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba-dc-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba-common-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba-common, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libwbclient, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libsmbclient-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba-usershares, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba-test, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba-pidl, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba-winbind-clients, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python3-samba-dc, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba-krb5-printing, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba-vfs-iouring, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python3-samba-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba-client-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python3-samba-test, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba-winbind, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libwbclient-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libnetapi, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba-winbind-krb5-locator, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba-winexe, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python3-samba, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba-common-tools, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba-winbind-modules, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libnetapi-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba-test-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:samba-dcerpc

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/10/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-3961, CVE-2023-4091, CVE-2023-42669

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