USN-5993-1: Samba vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 22.10
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Packages

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

Details

Demi Marie Obenour discovered that the Samba LDAP server incorrectly
handled certain confidential attribute values. A remote authenticated
attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain certain sensitive
information. (CVE-2023-0614)

Andrew Bartlett discovered that the Samba AD DC admin tool incorrectly
sent passwords in cleartext. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2023-0922)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.10

• samba - 2:4.16.8+dfsg-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 22.04

• samba - 2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 20.04

• samba - 2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.2

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

References

• CVE-2023-0614
• CVE-2023-0922

Related notices

• USN-5992-1: libldb-dev, ldb, libldb2, ldb-tools, python3-ldb, python3-ldb-dev