USN-3242-1: Samba vulnerability
USN-3242-1: Samba vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3242-1 23rd March, 2017 samba vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary Samba could be made to expose sensitive information over the network. Software description samba – SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix Details Jann Horn discovered that Samba incorrectly handled symlinks. Anauthenticated remote attacker could use this issue to access files on theserver outside of the exported directories. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 16.10: samba 2:4.4.5+dfsg-2ubuntu5.4 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: samba 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.5 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: samba 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.6 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: samba 2:3.6.25-0ubuntu0.12.04.9 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. [ more… ]