USN-3426-1: Samba vulnerabilities
21 September 2017
samba vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.04
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 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
Stefan Metzmacher discovered that Samba incorrectly enforced SMB signing in certain situations. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform a man in the middle attack. (CVE-2017-12150)
Stefan Metzmacher discovered that Samba incorrectly handled encryption across DFS redirects. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform a man in the middle attack. (CVE-2017-12151)
Yihan Lian and Zhibin Hu discovered that Samba incorrectly handled memory when SMB1 is being used. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain server memory contents. (CVE-2017-12163)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 17.04
- samba - 2:4.5.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.17.04.7
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- samba - 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.11
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- samba - 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.12
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.