Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Samba vulnerability (USN-2481-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 80944

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

Andrew Bartlett discovered that Samba incorrectly handled delegation of authority when being used as an Active Directory Domain Controller.
An attacker given delegation privileges could use this issue to escalate their privileges further.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2481-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 80944

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2481-1.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/23/2015

Updated: 10/23/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-8143

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:samba, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:samba-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:samba-common-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:samba-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:samba-dsdb-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:samba-libs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:samba-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:samba-vfs-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:smbclient, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:winbind, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnss-winbind, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpam-smbpass, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpam-winbind, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libparse-pidl-perl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsmbclient, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsmbclient-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsmbsharemodes-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsmbsharemodes0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwbclient-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwbclient0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-samba, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:registry-tools

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/22/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8143

BID: 72278

USN: 2481-1