Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840381
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-893-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'samba' package(s) announced via the USN-893-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'samba' package(s) announced via the USN-893-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Ronald Volgers discovered that the mount.cifs utility, when installed as a setuid program, suffered from a race condition when verifying user permissions. A local attacker could trick samba into mounting over arbitrary locations, leading to a root privilege escalation. Affected Software/OS: 'samba' package(s) on Ubuntu 6.06, Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 8.10, Ubuntu 9.04, Ubuntu 9.10. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 4.4 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-3297 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-0787 BugTraq ID: 37992 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37992 BugTraq ID: 39898 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39898 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/034444.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/034470.html http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-29.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:090 http://secunia.com/advisories/38286 http://secunia.com/advisories/38308 http://secunia.com/advisories/38357 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2010:014 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-893-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1062 XForce ISS Database: sambaclient-mountcifs-symlink(55944) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55944
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