1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2156-1

USN-2156-1: Samba vulnerability

Publication date

26 March 2014

Overview

Samba did not properly enforce the password guessing protection mechanism.

Releases

Packages

  • samba - SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix

Details

Andrew Bartlett discovered that Samba did not properly enforce the
password guessing protection mechanism for all interfaces. A remote
attacker could use this issue to possibly attempt to brute force user
passwords.

Andrew Bartlett discovered that Samba did not properly enforce the
password guessing protection mechanism for all interfaces. A remote
attacker could use this issue to possibly attempt to brute force user
passwords.

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
13.10 saucy samba –  2:3.6.18-1ubuntu3.2
12.10 quantal samba –  2:3.6.6-3ubuntu5.4
12.04 precise samba –  2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.10
10.04 lucid samba –  2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.14

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