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SUSE: 2015:2305-1 Important: Ldb, Samba, Talloc Security Update

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Calendar Grey December 18, 2015
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SUSE Security Patch for ldb and samba: resolves multiple vulnerabilities in a comprehensive update
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Summary

This update for ldb, samba, talloc, tdb, tevent fixes the following security issues and bugs: The Samba LDB was updated to version 1.1.24: - Fix ldap \00 search expression attack dos; CVE-2015-3223; (bso#11325) - Fix remote read memory exploit in ldb; CVE-2015-5330; (bso#11599) - Move ldb_(un)pack_data into ldb_module.h for testing - Fix installation of _ldb_text.py - Fix propagation of ldb errors through tdb - Fix bug triggered by having an empty message in database during search Samba was updated to fix these issues: - Malicious request can cause Samba LDAP server to hang, spinning using CPU; CVE-2015-3223; (bso#11325); (bnc#958581). - Remote read memory exploit in LDB; CVE-2015-5330; (bso#11599); (bnc#958586). - Insufficient symlink verification (file access outside the share);

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Topics Covered

security advisory samba important SUSE Linux ldb tevent tdb

References

#949022 #951660 #954658 #958581 #958582 #958583

#958584 #958585 #958586

Cross- CVE-2015-3223 CVE-2015-5252 CVE-2015-5296

CVE-2015-5299 CVE-2015-5330 CVE-2015-8467

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3223.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5252.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5296.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5299.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5330.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8467.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=949022

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=951660

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:2305-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory samba important SUSE Linux ldb tevent tdb

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