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Gentoo: GLSA-202003-52 Normal: Samba Remote Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey March 25, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws have been identified in Samba on Fedora Linux, potentially allowing unauthorized remote access. It is recommended to perform updates promptly.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Samba, the worst of which could lead to remote code execution.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

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Resolution

All Samba 4.9.x users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-fs/samba-4.9.18"
All Samba 4.10.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-fs/samba-4.10.13"
All Samba 4.11.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-fs/samba-4.11.6"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2018-10858 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10858 [ 2 ] CVE-2018-10918 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10918 [ 3 ] CVE-2018-10919 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10919 [ 4 ] CVE-2018-1139 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1139 [ 5 ] CVE-2018-1140 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1140 [ 6 ] CVE-2018-14629 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14629 [ 7 ] CVE-2018-16841 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16841 [ 8 ] CVE-2018-16851 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16851 [ 9 ] CVE-2018-16852 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16852 [ 10 ] CVE-2018-16853 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16853 [ 11 ] CVE-2018-16857 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16857 [ 12 ] CVE-2018-16860 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16860 [ 13 ] CVE-2019-10197 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10197 ...

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-52
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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: March 25, 2020
Bugs: #664316, #672140, #686036, #693558, #702928, #706144
ID: 202003-52

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Samba, the worst of which could lead to remote code execution.

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 < 4.11.6 *>= 4.9.18 *>= 4.10.13 *>= 4.11.6

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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