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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RHSA-2014:0383-01 Moderate: Samba4 Security Fix

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Calendar Grey April 9, 2014
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat's advisory on Samba4 points out major security vulnerabilities. Upgrading is advised to safeguard against password compromise and ACL issues
Updated samba4 packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Summary

Samba is an open-source implementation of the Server Message Block (SMB) or Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocol, which allows PC-compatible machines to share files, printers, and other information.
It was found that certain Samba configurations did not enforce the password lockout mechanism. A remote attacker could use this flaw to perform password guessing attacks on Samba user accounts. Note: this flaw only affected Samba when deployed as a Primary Domain Controller. (CVE-2013-4496)
A flaw was found in Samba's "smbcacls" command, which is used to set or get ACLs on SMB file shares. Certain command line options of this command would incorrectly remove an ACL previously applied on a file or a directory, leaving the file or directory without the intended ACL. (CVE-2013-6442)
A flaw was found in the way the pam_winbind module handled configurations that specified a non-existent group as required. An authenticated user could possibly use this flaw to gain access to a service using pam_winbind in its PAM configuration when group restriction was intended for access to the service. (CVE-2012-6150)
Red Hat would like to thank the Samba project for reporting CVE-2013-4496 and CVE-2013-6442, and Sam Richardson for reporting CVE-2012-6150. Upstream acknowledges Andrew Bartlett as the original reporter of CVE-2013-4496, and Noel Power as the original reporter of CVE-2013-6442.
All users of Samba are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. After installing this update, the smb service will be restarted automatically.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6150 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4496 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6442 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
i386: samba4-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm samba4-client-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm samba4-common-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm samba4-dc-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm samba4-dc-libs-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm samba4-debuginfo-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm samba4-devel-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm samba4-libs-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm samba4-pidl-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm samba4-python-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm samba4-swat-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm samba4-test-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm samba4-winbind-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm samba4-winbind-clients-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm samba4-winbind-krb5-locator-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm
x86_64: samba4-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4.x86_64.rpm samba4-client-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4.x86_64.rpm samba4-common-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4.x86_64.rpm samba4-dc-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4.x86_64.rpm samba4-dc-libs-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4.x86_64.rpm samba4-debuginfo-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4.x86_64.rpm samba4-devel-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4.x86_64.rpm samba4-libs-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4.x86_64.rpm samba4-pidl-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4.x86_64.rpm samba4-python-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4.x86_64.rpm samba4-swat-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4.x86_64.rpm samba4-test-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4.x86_64.rpm samba4-winbind-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:0383-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2014-04-09

Topic

Updated samba4 packages that fix three security issues are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Moderatesecurity impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE links in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1036897 - CVE-2012-6150 samba: pam_winbind fails open when non-existent group specified to require_membership_of

1044099 - CVE-2013-6442 samba: smbcacls will delete ACL lists in certain circumstances

1072792 - CVE-2013-4496 samba: Password lockout not enforced for SAMR password changes

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