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Samba 3.2.0 & Tenable Nessus security alert

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ocoro02

IS-IT--Management
Feb 6, 2008
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I've recently upgrade to Samba 3.2.0 on Solaris 10 (x86) and for security reasons I need to run Nessus scans against the server running Samba. I'm getting what I think is a false positive now from Samba which I didn't get before (see below). Just wondering if anyone else has seen this and whether there could be any possibility of clearing it through the samba config?

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Vulnerability microsoft-ds (445/tcp)
Synopsis :

Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host due to a flaw in the
LSASS service.

Description :

The remote version of Windows contains a flaw in the function
DsRolerUpgradeDownlevelServer of the Local Security Authority
Server Service (LSASS) which may allow an attacker to execute
arbitrary code on the remote host with the SYSTEM privileges.

A series of worms (Sasser) are known to exploit this vulnerability
in the wild.

Solution :

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003 :


Risk factor :

Critical / CVSS Base Score : 10
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:C/A:C/I:C/B:N)
CVE : CVE-2003-0533
BID : 10108
Other references : IAVA:2004-A-0006, OSVDB:5248
Nessus ID : 12209

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Config here - very simple setup. I run it without the nmbd process (not started at all).

[global]
workgroup = FOO
server string = FOO Samba Server
security = user
hosts allow = xx.xx.xx.xx
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
socket address = xx.xx.xx.xx
load printers = no
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 50
log level = 0 auth:2
passdb backend = tdbsam
interfaces = xx.xx.xx.xx/24
bind interfaces only = Yes
disable netbios = Yes
show add printer wizard = No
disable spoolss = Yes
restrict anonymous = 2
local master = no
dns proxy = no

[foo]
comment = foo
browseable = no
writable = yes
write list = foo
valid users = foo
printable = no
create mask = 0765
path = /export/home/foo

[bar]
comment = bar
browseable = no
writable = yes
write list = bar
valid users = bar
printable = no
create mask = 0765
path = /export/home/bar
 
It's 'restrict anonymous = 2' that triggers the Nessus alert. I'm gonna keep this setting anyway.
 
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