Use of Insufficiently Random Values Affecting libsmbclient-devel package, versions <0:4.17.5-2.el8


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.52% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-LIBSMBCLIENTDEVEL-5608366
  • published28 May 2023
  • disclosed9 May 2023

Introduced: 9 May 2023

CVE-2022-1615  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-330  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 libsmbclient-devel to version 0:4.17.5-2.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2023:2987.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libsmbclient-devel package and not the libsmbclient-devel package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Samba, GnuTLS gnutls_rnd() can fail and give predictable random values.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1