MGASA-2018-0424 - Updated samba packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 30 Oct 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0424.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2018-10858,
     CVE-2018-10919

Updated samba packages fix security vulnerabilities:

A malicious server could return a directory entry that could corrupt
libsmbclient memory (CVE-2018-10858).

Missing access control checks allow discovery of confidential attribute
values via authenticated LDAP search expressions (CVE-2018-10919).

The samba package has been updated to version 4.6.16, fixing these issues
and other bugs.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23444
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2018-10858.html
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2018-10919.html
- https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.6.13.html
- https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.6.14.html
- https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.6.15.html
- https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.6.16.html
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10858
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10919

SRPMS:
- 6/core/samba-4.6.16-1.mga6

Mageia 2018-0424: samba security update

Updated samba packages fix security vulnerabilities: A malicious server could return a directory entry that could corrupt libsmbclient memory (CVE-2018-10858)

Summary

Updated samba packages fix security vulnerabilities:
A malicious server could return a directory entry that could corrupt libsmbclient memory (CVE-2018-10858).
Missing access control checks allow discovery of confidential attribute values via authenticated LDAP search expressions (CVE-2018-10919).
The samba package has been updated to version 4.6.16, fixing these issues and other bugs.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23444

- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2018-10858.html

- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2018-10919.html

- https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.6.13.html

- https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.6.14.html

- https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.6.15.html

- https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.6.16.html

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10858

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10919

Resolution

MGASA-2018-0424 - Updated samba packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 6/core/samba-4.6.16-1.mga6

Severity
Publication date: 30 Oct 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0424.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-10858, CVE-2018-10919

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