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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: USN-2732-1 Major OpenSSH Authentication Bypass

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Calendar Grey January 22, 2015
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
CIFS vulnerability poses risks for Debian users; mitigate by installing patches for CIFS modules in designated releases.
A security issue was fixed in Samba.

Summary

A security issue was fixed in Samba.

Software Description:

- samba: SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix

Details:

Andrew Bartlett discovered that Samba incorrectly handled delegation of

authority when being used as an Active Directory Domain Controller. An

attacker given delegation privileges could use this issue to escalate their

privileges further.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical privilege escalation samba Ubuntu

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.10:
  samba                           2:4.1.11+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  samba                           2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.4

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2014-8143

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January 22, 2015

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical privilege escalation samba Ubuntu

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/2:4.1.11+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.4

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