USN-3976-1: Samba vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 19.04
• Ubuntu 18.10
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• 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: libsmbsharemodes0, samba-dsdb-modules, samba-doc-pdf, samba-vfs-modules, swat, libpam-winbind, libwbclient0, samba-dev, smbclient, samba-common, samba, samba-libs, python-samba, samba-tools, libwbclient-dev, samba-doc, libsmbclient, libparse-pidl-perl, libsmbclient-dev, winbind, libnss-winbind, libsmbsharemodes-dev, samba-testsuite, registry-tools, samba-common-bin, libpam-smbpass
• USN-5675-1: heimdal-kcm, libsl0-heimdal, libkadm5srv8-heimdal, libotp0-heimdal, libkrb5-26-heimdal, heimdal, libkdc2-heimdal, heimdal-clients-x, libhx509-5-heimdal, heimdal-kdc, libhdb9-heimdal, libroken18-heimdal, libwind0-heimdal, heimdal-servers, libheimbase1-heimdal, libasn1-8-heimdal, libgssapi3-heimdal, libkafs0-heimdal, libhcrypto4-heimdal, heimdal-clients, heimdal-docs, heimdal-dev, heimdal-servers-x, libheimntlm0-heimdal, heimdal-multidev, libkadm5clnt7-heimdal