DSA-4271-1 samba -- security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-10858   CVE-2018-10919  

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Samba, a SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following issues: CVE-2018-10858 Svyatoslav Phirsov discovered that insufficient input validation in libsmbclient allowed a malicious Samba server to write to the client's heap memory. CVE-2018-10919 Phillip Kuhrt discovered that Samba when acting as an Active Domain controller disclosed some sensitive attributes. For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 2:4.5.12+dfsg-2+deb9u3. We recommend that you upgrade your samba packages. For the detailed security status of samba please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/samba

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4271-1 samba -- security update

Date Reported:
14 Aug 2018
Affected Packages:
samba
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-10858, CVE-2018-10919.
More information:

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Samba, a SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following issues:

  • CVE-2018-10858

    Svyatoslav Phirsov discovered that insufficient input validation in libsmbclient allowed a malicious Samba server to write to the client's heap memory.

  • CVE-2018-10919

    Phillip Kuhrt discovered that Samba when acting as an Active Domain controller disclosed some sensitive attributes.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 2:4.5.12+dfsg-2+deb9u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your samba packages.

For the detailed security status of samba please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/samba