USN-1075-1: Samba vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 10.10
• Ubuntu 10.04
• Ubuntu 9.10
• Ubuntu 8.04
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• samba -

Details

Volker Lendecke discovered that Samba incorrectly handled certain file
descriptors. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to
the server and cause Samba to crash or hang, resulting in a denial of
service.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 9.10

• samba - 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.8

Ubuntu 8.04

• samba - 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.14

Ubuntu 6.06

• samba - 3.0.22-1ubuntu3.14

Ubuntu 10.10

• samba - 2:3.5.4~dfsg-1ubuntu8.3

Ubuntu 10.04

• samba - 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.4

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

References

• CVE-2011-0719