ubuntu-security-announce Digest, Vol 119, Issue 2

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Today's Topics:

1. [USN-2305-1] Samba vulnerability (Marc Deslauriers)


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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 19:46:47 -0400
From: Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com>
To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [USN-2305-1] Samba vulnerability
Message-ID: <53DC26E7.7030207@canonical.com>
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2305-1
August 01, 2014

samba vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Samba could be made to run programs as an administrator if it received
specially crafted network traffic.

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

Details:

Volker Lendecke discovered that the Samba NetBIOS name service daemon
incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could use
this issue to execute arbitrary code as the root user.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
samba 2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.3

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2305-1
CVE-2014-3560

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.3


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