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Red Hat: RHSA-2014-0230-01 High Severity Samba5 Memory Leak

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Calendar Grey December 10, 2013
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Responding to samba4 vulnerability patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, necessitated by severe buffer overflow risks that influence system functionality.
Updated samba4 packages that fix one security issue 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.
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the DCE-RPC client code in Samba. A specially crafted DCE-RPC packet could cause various Samba programs to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when parsed. A malicious or compromised Active Directory Domain Controller could use this flaw to compromise the winbindd daemon running with root privileges. (CVE-2013-4408)
Red Hat would like to thank the Samba project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Stefan Metzmacher and Michael Adam of SerNet as the original reporters of this issue.
All users of Samba are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing this update, the smb service will be restarted automatically.

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Topics Covered

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4408 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
i386: samba4-4.0.0-60.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm samba4-client-4.0.0-60.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm samba4-common-4.0.0-60.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm samba4-dc-4.0.0-60.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm samba4-dc-libs-4.0.0-60.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm samba4-debuginfo-4.0.0-60.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm samba4-devel-4.0.0-60.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm samba4-libs-4.0.0-60.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm samba4-pidl-4.0.0-60.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm samba4-python-4.0.0-60.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm samba4-swat-4.0.0-60.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm samba4-test-4.0.0-60.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm samba4-winbind-4.0.0-60.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm samba4-winbind-clients-4.0.0-60.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm samba4-winbind-krb5-locator-4.0.0-60.el6_5.rc4.i686.rpm
x86_64: samba4-4.0.0-60.el6_5.rc4.x86_64.rpm samba4-client-4.0.0-60.el6_5.rc4.x86_64.rpm samba4-common-4.0.0-60.el6_5.rc4.x86_64.rpm samba4-dc-4.0.0-60.el6_5.rc4.x86_64.rpm samba4-dc-libs-4.0.0-60.el6_5.rc4.x86_64.rpm samba4-debuginfo-4.0.0-60.el6_5.rc4.x86_64.rpm samba4-devel-4.0.0-60.el6_5.rc4.x86_64.rpm samba4-libs-4.0.0-60.el6_5.rc4.x86_64.rpm samba4-pidl-4.0.0-60.el6_5.rc4.x86_64.rpm samba4-python-4.0.0-60.el6_5.rc4.x86_64.rpm samba4-swat-4.0.0-60.el6_5.rc4.x86_64.rpm samba4-test-4.0.0-60.el6_5.rc4.x86_64.rpm samba4-winbind-4.0.0-60.el6_5.rc4.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:1805-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1805.html
Issue date: 2013-12-09

Topic

Updated samba4 packages that fix one security issue are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingimportant security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from theCVE link in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat buffer overflow important security impact samba4

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

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

1018032 - CVE-2013-4408 samba: Heap-based buffer overflow due to incorrect DCE-RPC fragment length field check

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