USN-3348-1: Samba vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3348-1
5th July, 2017
samba vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.04
- Ubuntu 16.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
Samba could be made to hang if it received specially crafted network
traffic.
Software description
- samba
– SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix
Details
It was discovered that Samba incorrectly handled dangling symlinks. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Samba to hang,
resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04
LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-9461)
In addition, this update fixes a regression introduced by USN-3267-1
that caused Samba to incorrectly handle non-wide symlinks to directories.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 17.04:
-
samba
2:4.5.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.17.04.3
- Ubuntu 16.10:
-
samba
2:4.4.5+dfsg-2ubuntu5.7
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
-
samba
2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.8
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
samba
2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.9
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.
References
Source: USN-3348-1: Samba vulnerability
