Packages
- samba - SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix
Details
Tom Tervoort discovered that the Netlogon protocol implemented by Samba
incorrectly handled the authentication scheme. A remote attacker could use
this issue to forge an authentication token and steal the credentials of
the domain admin.
While a previous security update fixed the issue by changing the “server
schannel” setting to default to “yes”, instead of “auto”, which forced a
secure netlogon channel, this update provides additional improvements.
For compatibility reasons with older devices, Samba now allows specifying
an insecure netlogon configuration per machine. See the following link for
examples: https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2020-1472.html
In addition, this update adds additional server checks for the protocol
attack in the client-specified challenge to provide some protection when
‘server schannel = no/auto’ and avoid the...
Tom Tervoort discovered that the Netlogon protocol implemented by Samba
incorrectly handled the authentication scheme. A remote attacker could use
this issue to forge an authentication token and steal the credentials of
the domain admin.
While a previous security update fixed the issue by changing the “server
schannel” setting to default to “yes”, instead of “auto”, which forced a
secure netlogon channel, this update provides additional improvements.
For compatibility reasons with older devices, Samba now allows specifying
an insecure netlogon configuration per machine. See the following link for
examples: https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2020-1472.html
In addition, this update adds additional server checks for the protocol
attack in the client-specified challenge to provide some protection when
‘server schannel = no/auto’ and avoid the false-positive results when
running the proof-of-concept exploit.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
---|---|---|---|
20.04 focal | samba – 2:4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1.5 | ||
18.04 bionic | samba – 2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.20 | ||
16.04 xenial | samba – 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.31 |
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