5.9 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
6.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
48.3%
Samba is prone to an improper authentication vulnerability.
# Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
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# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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CPE = "cpe:/a:samba:samba";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.126184");
script_version("2023-10-19T05:05:21+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-10-19 05:05:21 +0000 (Thu, 19 Oct 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-10-24 08:33:37 +0000 (Mon, 24 Oct 2022)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.4");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-03-11 02:52:00 +0000 (Sat, 11 Mar 2023)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-20251");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Samba 4.1 < 4.17.1 Improper Authentication (CVE-2021-20251)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("smb_nativelanman.nasl", "gb_samba_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("samba/smb_or_ssh/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Samba is prone to an improper authentication vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"By making bad password count handling atomic, we ensure only one
failed authorisation attempt can get through at a time, and refuse excess login attempts made to
the same server.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Samba version 4.1 through 4.17.1.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 4.17.1 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.17.1.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14611");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "4.17.1")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.17.1", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
5.9 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
6.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
48.3%