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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2305-1
August 01, 2014

samba vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Samba could be made to run programs as an administrator if it received
specially crafted network traffic.

Software Description:
– samba: SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix

Details:

Volker Lendecke discovered that the Samba NetBIOS name service daemon
incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could use
this issue to execute arbitrary code as the root user.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
samba 2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.3

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2305-1
CVE-2014-3560

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.3

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