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Gentoo: GLSA-201805-07 Moderate: Samba Remote Execute Threats

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Calendar Grey May 22, 2018
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Recent findings indicate that Samba exposures could facilitate remote code execution and Denial of Service attacks on Gentoo systems. It is crucial to upgrade to the most recent version.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Samba, the worst of which may allow remote execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service information leak gentoo code execution samba remote execution

Resolution

All Samba users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-fs/samba-4.5.16"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-2119 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2119 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-14746 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14746 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-15275 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15275 [ 4 ] CVE-2017-7494 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7494 [ 5 ] CVE-2018-1050 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1050 [ 6 ] CVE-2018-1057 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1057

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-07
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Concerns

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.

Severity: Normal
Title: Samba: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: May 22, 2018
Bugs: #588262, #619516, #639024, #650382
ID: 201805-07

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Samba, the worst of which may allow remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background

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

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-fs/samba < 4.5.16 >= 4.5.16

Impact

===== A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code, cause a Denial of Service condition, conduct a man-in-the-middle attack, or obtain sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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