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Scientific Linux Security Update : samba on SL7.x x86_64 (20170801)

🗓️ 22 Aug 2017 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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 nessus
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Scientific Linux Security Update for Samba (20170801) with samba version 4.6.2 fixes a flaw allowing an authenticated malicious Samba client to cause an excessive amount of CPU and memory usage. Update the affected packages

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text is (C) Scientific Linux.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(102656);
  script_version("3.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/11/26");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-9461");

  script_name(english:"Scientific Linux Security Update : samba on SL7.x x86_64 (20170801)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security
updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version:
samba (4.6.2).

Security Fix(es) :

  - A flaw was found in the way Samba handled dangling
    symlinks. An authenticated malicious Samba client could
    use this flaw to cause the smbd daemon to enter an
    infinite loop and use an excessive amount of CPU and
    memory. (CVE-2017-9461)");
  # https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1708&L=scientific-linux-errata&F=&S=&P=12926
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a74b3ad9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-9461");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/06/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/08/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/08/22");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libsmbclient");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libsmbclient-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libwbclient");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libwbclient-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-client");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-client-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-common");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-common-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-common-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-dc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-dc-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-krb5-printing");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-pidl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-python");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-test");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-test-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-vfs-glusterfs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-winbind");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-winbind-clients");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-winbind-krb5-locator");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:samba-winbind-modules");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Scientific Linux " >!< release) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "running Scientific Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Scientific Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Scientific Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^7([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Scientific Linux 7.x", "Scientific Linux " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

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


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libsmbclient-4.6.2-8.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libsmbclient-devel-4.6.2-8.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libwbclient-4.6.2-8.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libwbclient-devel-4.6.2-8.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"samba-4.6.2-8.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"samba-client-4.6.2-8.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"samba-client-libs-4.6.2-8.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", reference:"samba-common-4.6.2-8.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"samba-common-libs-4.6.2-8.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"samba-common-tools-4.6.2-8.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"samba-dc-4.6.2-8.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"samba-dc-libs-4.6.2-8.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"samba-debuginfo-4.6.2-8.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"samba-devel-4.6.2-8.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"samba-krb5-printing-4.6.2-8.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"samba-libs-4.6.2-8.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", reference:"samba-pidl-4.6.2-8.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"samba-python-4.6.2-8.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"samba-test-4.6.2-8.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"samba-test-libs-4.6.2-8.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"samba-vfs-glusterfs-4.6.2-8.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"samba-winbind-4.6.2-8.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"samba-winbind-clients-4.6.2-8.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"samba-winbind-krb5-locator-4.6.2-8.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"samba-winbind-modules-4.6.2-8.el7")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "libsmbclient / libsmbclient-devel / libwbclient / libwbclient-devel / etc");
}

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