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SUSE: 2016:0164-1 Important: Samba Remote Exploit Threats Resolved

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Calendar Grey January 19, 2016
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The newest Samba patch resolves several security flaws, providing updates for various SUSE operating systems.
An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has 7 fixes An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has 7 fixes An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has 7 fixes is ...

Summary

This update for Samba fixes the following security issues: - CVE-2015-5330: Remote read memory exploit in LDB (bnc#958586) - CVE-2015-5252: Insufficient symlink verification (file access outside the share) (bnc#958582) - CVE-2015-5296: No man in the middle protection when forcing smb encryption on the client side (bnc#958584) - CVE-2015-5299: Currently the snapshot browsing is not secure thru windows previous version (shadow_copy2) (bnc#958583) Non-security issues fixed: - Prevent null pointer access in samlogon fallback when security credentials are null (bnc#949022) - Ensure samlogon fall-back requests are rerouted after kerberos failure (bnc#953382) - Ensure "Your account is disabled" message is displayed when attempting to ssh into locked account (bnc#953382)

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Topics Covered

security advisory update remote exploit samba SUSE important fix file access issue

References

#295284 #912457 #934299 #936909 #948244 #949022

#953382 #958582 #958583 #958584 #958586

Cross- CVE-2015-5252 CVE-2015-5296 CVE-2015-5299

CVE-2015-5330

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMWare 11-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3

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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:0164-1
Rating: important

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security advisory update remote exploit samba SUSE important fix file access issue

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