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Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 : Samba security problem fixed

🗓️ 28 May 2011 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 : Samba security problem fixed. Upgraded to Samba 2.2.8a to address security issue

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#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from the associated Slackware Security Advisory. The
# text itself is copyright (C) Slackware Linux, Inc.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(54861);
  script_version("1.13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/04/02");

  script_name(english:"Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 : Samba security problem fixed");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The samba packages in Slackware 8.1 and 9.0 have been upgraded to
Samba 2.2.8a to fix a security problem. All sites running samba should
upgrade.");
  # http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2003&m=slackware-security.288636
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?9fd2d77d");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected samba package.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"High");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2003/04/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2011/05/28");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:samba");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:8.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.0");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Slackware Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Slackware/release", "Host/Slackware/packages");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("slackware.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Slackware/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Slackware");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Slackware/packages")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Slackware", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (slackware_check(osver:"8.1", pkgname:"samba", pkgver:"2.2.8a", pkgarch:"i386", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;

if (slackware_check(osver:"9.0", pkgname:"samba", pkgver:"2.2.8a", pkgarch:"i386", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:slackware_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

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