GLSA 201502-15: Samba: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:high
Title:Samba: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:02/25/2015
Bugs: #479868, #491070, #493664, #504494, #511764, #514676, #541182
ID:201502-15

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Samba, the worst of which allowing a context-dependent attacker to bypass intended file restrictions, cause a Denial of Service or execute arbitrary code.

Background

Samba is a suite of SMB and CIFS client/server programs.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
net-fs/samba < 3.6.25 >= 3.6.25 All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Samba. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A context-dependent attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code, cause a Denial of Service condition, bypass intended file restrictions, or obtain sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Samba users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-fs/samba-3.6.25"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-15.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

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