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Posted on 13 April 2012
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1423-1
April 13, 2012
samba vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
Summary:
Samba could be made to run programs as the administrator if it received
specially crafted network traffic.
Software Description:
- samba: SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix
Details:
Brian Gorenc discovered that Samba incorrectly calculated array bounds when
handling remote procedure calls (RPC) over the network. A remote,
unauthenticated attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code as the
root user. (CVE-2012-1182)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 11.10:
samba 2:3.5.11~dfsg-1ubuntu2.2
Ubuntu 11.04:
samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.4
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
samba 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.9
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
samba 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.18
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1423-1
CVE-2012-1182
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/2:3.5.11~dfsg-1ubuntu2.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.9
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.18
