USN-951-1: Samba vulnerability

Publication date

16 June 2010

Overview

Remote code execution as root via Samba.


Packages

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

Details

Jun Mao discovered that Samba did not correctly validate SMB1 packet
contents. An unauthenticated remote attacker could send specially crafted
network traffic that could execute arbitrary code as the root user.

Jun Mao discovered that Samba did not correctly validate SMB1 packet
contents. An unauthenticated remote attacker could send specially crafted
network traffic that could execute arbitrary code as the root user.

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
9.04 jaunty samba –  2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3.5
8.04 hardy samba –  3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.12
6.06 dapper samba –  3.0.22-1ubuntu3.12

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