USN-3595-2: Samba vulnerability
23 March 2018
Samba could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.
Releases
Packages
- samba - SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix
Details
USN-3595-1 fix a vulnerability in Samba. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that Samba incorrectly validated inputs to the RPC spoolss
service. An authenticated attacker could use this issue to cause the service to
crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 12.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-3595-1: samba-libs, samba-common, libsmbsharemodes-dev, samba, libsmbclient-dev, samba-doc, smbclient, libpam-winbind, winbind, ctdb, libnss-winbind, samba-common-bin, samba-dev, libpam-smbpass, samba-vfs-modules, libparse-pidl-perl, registry-tools, samba-testsuite, libwbclient0, libsmbclient, libwbclient-dev, samba-dsdb-modules, libsmbsharemodes0, python-samba