#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
#
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory dsa-5015. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(214602);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/01/24");
script_cve_id("CVE-2020-25717", "CVE-2020-25722");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-5015-1 : samba - security update");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
dsa-5015 advisory.
Andrew Bartlett discovered that Samba, a SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix, may map domain
users to local users in an undesired way. This could allow a user in an AD domain to potentially become
root on domain members. A new parameter min domain uid (default 1000) has been added to specify the
minimum uid allowed when mapping a local account to a domain account. Further details and workarounds can
be found in the upstream advisory https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2020-25717.html For the
oldstable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u2.
Additionally the update mitigates CVE-2020-25722. Unfortunately the changes required to fix additional
CVEs affecting Samba as an AD-compatible domain controller are too invasive to be backported. Thus users
using Samba as an AD-compatible domain controller are encouraged to migrate to Debian bullseye. From this
point onwards AD domain controller setups are no longer supported in Debian oldstable. We recommend that
you upgrade your samba packages. For the detailed security status of samba please refer to its security
tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/samba
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/samba");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5015");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-25717");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-25722");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/samba");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the samba packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-25717");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-25722");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2021/11/09");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/11/30");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/01/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ctdb");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnss-winbind");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpam-winbind");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libparse-pidl-perl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsmbclient");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsmbclient-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwbclient-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwbclient0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-samba");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:registry-tools");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:samba");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:samba-common");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:samba-common-bin");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:samba-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:samba-dsdb-modules");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:samba-libs");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:samba-testsuite");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:samba-vfs-modules");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:smbclient");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:winbind");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include('debian_package.inc');
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var debian_release = get_kb_item('Host/Debian/release');
if ( isnull(debian_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian');
debian_release = chomp(debian_release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(10)\.[0-9]+", string:debian_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian 10.0', 'Debian ' + debian_release);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Debian', cpu);
var pkgs = [
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'ctdb', 'reference': '2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u2'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libnss-winbind', 'reference': '2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u2'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libpam-winbind', 'reference': '2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u2'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libparse-pidl-perl', 'reference': '2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u2'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libsmbclient', 'reference': '2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u2'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libsmbclient-dev', 'reference': '2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u2'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libwbclient-dev', 'reference': '2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u2'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libwbclient0', 'reference': '2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u2'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'python-samba', 'reference': '2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u2'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'registry-tools', 'reference': '2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u2'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'samba', 'reference': '2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u2'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'samba-common', 'reference': '2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u2'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'samba-common-bin', 'reference': '2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u2'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'samba-dev', 'reference': '2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u2'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'samba-dsdb-modules', 'reference': '2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u2'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'samba-libs', 'reference': '2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u2'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'samba-testsuite', 'reference': '2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u2'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'samba-vfs-modules', 'reference': '2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u2'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'smbclient', 'reference': '2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u2'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'winbind', 'reference': '2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u2'}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
var _release = NULL;
var prefix = NULL;
var reference = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['prefix'])) prefix = package_array['prefix'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
if (_release && prefix && reference) {
if (deb_check(release:_release, prefix:prefix, reference:reference)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : deb_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = deb_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'ctdb / libnss-winbind / libpam-winbind / libparse-pidl-perl / etc');
}
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