Overly broad permissions can turn one compromised account into a much larger security problem. Learn how to reduce unnecessary access, review privileges, and apply least privilege across modern Linux systems. Review Linux Privileges×

Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 501
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 501

SciLinux: SLSA-2017-1271-1 Critical Samba4 Remote Code Execution Threat

Calendar May 24, 2017 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
2 - 3 min read
Scientific Large Esm H446
Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory remote code execution samba security fix important SL6 authenticated client
A remote code execution flaw was found in Samba. A malicious authenticated samba client, having write access to the samba share, could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code as root. (CVE-2017-7494) SL6 x86_64 samba4-4.2.10-10.el6_9.x86_64.rpm samba4-client-4.2.10-10.el6_9.x86_64.rpm samba4-common-4.2.10-10.el6_9.x86_64.rpm samba4-dc-4.2.10-10.el6_9.x86_64.rpm samba4-dc [More...] 
Synopsis:          Important: samba4 security update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2017:1271-1
Issue Date:        2017-05-24
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2017-7494
--

Security Fix(es):

* A remote code execution flaw was found in Samba. A malicious
authenticated samba client, having write access to the samba share, could
use this flaw to execute arbitrary code as root. (CVE-2017-7494)
--

SL6
  x86_64
    samba4-4.2.10-10.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
    samba4-client-4.2.10-10.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
    samba4-common-4.2.10-10.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
    samba4-dc-4.2.10-10.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
    samba4-dc-libs-4.2.10-10.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
    samba4-debuginfo-4.2.10-10.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
    samba4-devel-4.2.10-10.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
    samba4-libs-4.2.10-10.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
    samba4-pidl-4.2.10-10.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
    samba4-python-4.2.10-10.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
    samba4-test-4.2.10-10.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
    samba4-winbind-4.2.10-10.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
    samba4-winbind-clients-4.2.10-10.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
    samba4-winbind-krb5-locator-4.2.10-10.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
  i386
    samba4-4.2.10-10.el6_9.i686.rpm
    samba4-client-4.2.10-10.el6_9.i686.rpm
    samba4-common-4.2.10-10.el6_9.i686.rpm
    samba4-dc-4.2.10-10.el6_9.i686.rpm
    samba4-dc-libs-4.2.10-10.el6_9.i686.rpm
    samba4-debuginfo-4.2.10-10.el6_9.i686.rpm
    samba4-devel-4.2.10-10.el6_9.i686.rpm
    samba4-libs-4.2.10-10.el6_9.i686.rpm
    samba4-pidl-4.2.10-10.el6_9.i686.rpm
    samba4-python-4.2.10-10.el6_9.i686.rpm
    samba4-test-4.2.10-10.el6_9.i686.rpm
    samba4-winbind-4.2.10-10.el6_9.i686.rpm
    samba4-winbind-clients-4.2.10-10.el6_9.i686.rpm
    samba4-winbind-krb5-locator-4.2.10-10.el6_9.i686.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team