Debian Security Advisory
DSA-2966-1 samba -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 23 Jun 2014
- Affected Packages:
- samba
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2014-0178, CVE-2014-0244, CVE-2014-3493.
- More information:
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Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered and fixed in Samba, a SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server:
- CVE-2014-0178
Information leak vulnerability in the VFS code, allowing an authenticated user to retrieve eight bytes of uninitialized memory when shadow copy is enabled.
- CVE-2014-0244
Denial of service (infinite CPU loop) in the nmbd Netbios name service daemon. A malformed packet can cause the nmbd server to enter an infinite loop, preventing it to process later requests to the Netbios name service.
- CVE-2014-3493
Denial of service (daemon crash) in the smbd file server daemon. An authenticated user attempting to read a Unicode path using a non-Unicode request can force the daemon to overwrite memory at an invalid address.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 2:3.6.6-6+deb7u4.
For the testing distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 2:4.1.9+dfsg-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 2:4.1.9+dfsg-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your samba packages.
- CVE-2014-0178