Oracle Linux 7 : samba (ELSA-2016-0006)

high Nessus Plugin ID 87793

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-0006 advisory.

- CVE-2015-3223 Remote DoS in Samba (AD) LDAP server
- CVE-2015-5299 Missing access control check in shadow copy code
- CVE-2015-5252 Insufficient symlink verification in smbd

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-0006.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 87793

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-0006.nasl

Version: 2.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/8/2016

Updated: 4/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5299

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5252

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-winbind-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-python, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-common-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-test-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-dc-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-winbind-clients, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-pidl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libwbclient, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-test, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-test-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libsmbclient, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libwbclient-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-winbind, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-common-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-vfs-glusterfs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-dc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-client-libs, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-winbind-krb5-locator, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libsmbclient-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:samba-client

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/7/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/29/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3223, CVE-2015-5252, CVE-2015-5296, CVE-2015-5299, CVE-2015-7540

RHSA: 2016:0006