USN-6238-1: Samba vulnerabilities

Publication date

19 July 2023

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Samba.


Packages

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

Details

It was discovered that Samba incorrectly handled Winbind NTLM
authentication responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause Samba to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-2127)

Andreas Schneider discovered that Samba incorrectly enforced SMB2 packet
signing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain or
modify sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.04.
(CVE-2023-3347)

Florent Saudel and Arnaud Gatignolof discovered that Samba incorrectly
handled certain Spotlight requests. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause Samba to consume resources, leading to a denial of
service. (CVE-2023-34966, CVE-2023-34967)

Ralph Boehme and Stefan Metzmacher discovered that Samba incorrectly
handled paths returned...

It was discovered that Samba incorrectly handled Winbind NTLM
authentication responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause Samba to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-2127)

Andreas Schneider discovered that Samba incorrectly enforced SMB2 packet
signing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain or
modify sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.04.
(CVE-2023-3347)

Florent Saudel and Arnaud Gatignolof discovered that Samba incorrectly
handled certain Spotlight requests. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause Samba to consume resources, leading to a denial of
service. (CVE-2023-34966, CVE-2023-34967)

Ralph Boehme and Stefan Metzmacher discovered that Samba incorrectly
handled paths returned by Spotlight requests. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2023-34968)


Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
23.04 lunar samba –  2:4.17.7+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1
22.10 kinetic samba –  2:4.16.8+dfsg-0ubuntu1.2
22.04 jammy samba –  2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu1.2
20.04 focal samba –  2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.3

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