1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5260-2

USN-5260-2: Samba vulnerability

Publication date

1 February 2022

Overview

Samba could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Releases

Packages

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

Details

Orange Tsai discovered that the Samba vfs_fruit module incorrectly handled
certain memory operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
Samba to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code as root. (CVE-2021-44142)

Orange Tsai discovered that the Samba vfs_fruit module incorrectly handled
certain memory operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
Samba to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code as root. (CVE-2021-44142)

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
18.04 bionic samba –  2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.28

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