GLSA 201612-47: Samba: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:	normal
Title:	Samba: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	12/24/2016
Bugs:	#568432, #578004
ID:	201612-47

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Samba, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code with root privileges.

Background

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

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-fs/samba	< 4.2.11	>= 4.2.11	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with root privileges, cause a Denial of Service condition, conduct a man-in-the-middle attack, obtain sensitive information, or bypass file permissions.

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-4.2.11"
    

References

• CVE-2015-3223
• CVE-2015-5252
• CVE-2015-5296
• CVE-2015-5299
• CVE-2015-5330
• CVE-2015-7540
• CVE-2015-8467
• CVE-2016-2110
• CVE-2016-2111
• CVE-2016-2112
• CVE-2016-2113
• CVE-2016-2114
• CVE-2016-2115
• CVE-2016-2118

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201612-47.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

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