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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS USN-5174-2 Critical: Samba Authentication Problem

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Calendar Grey December 13, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Critical Ubuntu Security Update USN-5210-3 responds to Samba issues impacting user authentication mechanisms.
USN-5174-1 introduced a regression in Samba.

Summary

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security advisory denial of service update critical authentication issue ubuntu samba regression

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: samba 2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.27 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5174-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5174-1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/1950363

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December 13, 2021

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security advisory denial of service update critical authentication issue ubuntu samba regression

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.27

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