USN-3976-1: Samba vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 19.04
• Ubuntu 18.10
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

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

Details

Isaac Boukris and Andrew Bartlett discovered that Samba incorrectly checked
S4U2Self packets. In certain environments, a remote attacker could possibly
use this issue to escalate privileges.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04

• samba - 2:4.10.0+dfsg-0ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 18.10

• samba - 2:4.8.4+dfsg-2ubuntu2.4

Ubuntu 18.04

• samba - 2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.10

Ubuntu 16.04

• samba - 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.20

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2018-16860

Related notices

• USN-3976-2: libsmbclient-dev, libpam-winbind, swat, samba-testsuite, libsmbsharemodes0, samba-dsdb-modules, libpam-smbpass, samba-doc-pdf, samba-dev, winbind, samba-doc, smbclient, libwbclient0, registry-tools, samba-common, samba-common-bin, samba-libs, samba-vfs-modules, libsmbsharemodes-dev, libwbclient-dev, samba-tools, python-samba, libnss-winbind, libsmbclient, samba, libparse-pidl-perl
• USN-5675-1: libkadm5clnt7-heimdal, libheimntlm0-heimdal, libkrb5-26-heimdal, heimdal, heimdal-kdc, heimdal-docs, heimdal-servers-x, libkadm5srv8-heimdal, libhx509-5-heimdal, heimdal-servers, heimdal-multidev, libkafs0-heimdal, heimdal-dev, heimdal-clients, heimdal-kcm, libkdc2-heimdal, heimdal-clients-x, libheimbase1-heimdal, libotp0-heimdal, libsl0-heimdal, libwind0-heimdal, libasn1-8-heimdal, libroken18-heimdal, libgssapi3-heimdal, libhdb9-heimdal, libhcrypto4-heimdal