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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201612-47
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Samba: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: December 24, 2016
     Bugs: #568432, #578004
       ID: 201612-47

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Samba, the worst of which
may allow execution of arbitrary code with root privileges.

Background
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Samba is a suite of SMB and CIFS client/server programs.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  net-fs/samba                 < 4.2.11                  >= 4.2.11 

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in samba. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with root
privileges, cause a Denial of Service condition, conduct a
man-in-the-middle attack, obtain sensitive information, or bypass file
permissions.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Samba users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-fs/samba-4.2.11"

References
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[  1 ] CVE-2015-3223
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3223
[  2 ] CVE-2015-5252
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5252
[  3 ] CVE-2015-5296
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5296
[  4 ] CVE-2015-5299
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5299
[  5 ] CVE-2015-5330
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5330
[  6 ] CVE-2015-7540
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-7540
[  7 ] CVE-2015-8467
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8467
[  8 ] CVE-2016-2110
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2110
[  9 ] CVE-2016-2111
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2111
[ 10 ] CVE-2016-2112
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2112
[ 11 ] CVE-2016-2113
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2113
[ 12 ] CVE-2016-2114
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2114
[ 13 ] CVE-2016-2115
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2115
[ 14 ] CVE-2016-2118
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2118

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-47

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/