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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120624
Category:Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2016-634)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'samba' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2016-634 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'samba' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2016-634 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
A missing access control flaw was found in Samba. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to view the current snapshot on a Samba share, despite not having DIRECTORY_LIST access rights.

An access flaw was found in the way Samba verified symbolic links when creating new files on a Samba share. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to gain access to files outside of Samba's share path.

A memory-read flaw was found in the way the libldb library processed LDB DN records with a null byte. An authenticated, remote attacker could use this flaw to read heap-memory pages from the server.

A man-in-the-middle vulnerability was found in the way 'connection signing' was implemented by Samba. A remote attacker could use this flaw to downgrade an existing Samba client connection and force the use of plain text.

Affected Software/OS:
'samba' package(s) on Amazon Linux.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-5252
BugTraq ID: 79733
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79733
Debian Security Information: DSA-3433 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3433
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174391.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174076.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-47
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034493
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:2304 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00019.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:2305 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00020.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:0032 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00002.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:0164 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00017.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:1105 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00046.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:2354 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00032.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:2356 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00033.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1064 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00042.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1106 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00047.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1107 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00048.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2855-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2855-2
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-5296
BugTraq ID: 79732
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79732
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-5299
BugTraq ID: 79729
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79729
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-5330
BugTraq ID: 79734
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79734
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2856-1
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