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USN-5260-1: Samba vulnerabilities

1 February 2022

Several security issues were fixed in Samba.

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Releases

Packages

  • samba - SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix

Details

Orange Tsai discovered that the Samba vfs_fruit module incorrectly handled
certain memory operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
Samba to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code as root. (CVE-2021-44142)

Michael Hanselmann discovered that Samba incorrectly created directories.
In certain configurations, a remote attacker could possibly create a
directory on the server outside of the shared directory. (CVE-2021-43566)

Kees van Vloten discovered that Samba incorrectly handled certain aliased
SPN checks. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to impersonate
services. (CVE-2022-0336)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 21.10
Ubuntu 20.04

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

Related notices

  • USN-5260-2: libnss-winbind, samba, samba-common, smbclient, samba-dev, libwbclient0, libsmbclient, samba-libs, samba-common-bin, ctdb, libwbclient-dev, libsmbclient-dev, samba-vfs-modules, registry-tools, samba-dsdb-modules, winbind, samba-testsuite, libpam-winbind, libparse-pidl-perl, python-samba
  • USN-5260-3: libnss-winbind, samba, samba-common, samba-dev, smbclient, libwbclient0, libsmbclient, samba-libs, samba-common-bin, ctdb, libsmbsharemodes-dev, libwbclient-dev, libsmbclient-dev, libpam-smbpass, samba-vfs-modules, samba-doc, registry-tools, samba-dsdb-modules, winbind, libsmbsharemodes0, samba-testsuite, libpam-winbind, libparse-pidl-perl, python-samba