USN-3976-2: Samba vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

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

Details

USN-3976-1 fixed a vulnerability in Samba. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Isaac Boukris and Andrew Bartlett discovered that Samba incorrectly checked
S4U2Self packets. In certain environments, a remote attacker could possibly
use this issue to escalate privileges.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04

• samba - 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm1

Ubuntu 12.04

• samba - 2:3.6.25-0ubuntu0.12.04.18

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

References

• CVE-2018-16860

Related notices

• USN-3976-1: smbclient, libwbclient0, samba-testsuite, libparse-pidl-perl, libnss-winbind, samba-dev, libsmbclient-dev, ctdb, samba-dsdb-modules, python3-samba, libwbclient-dev, python-samba, samba, samba-common-bin, libsmbclient, registry-tools, samba-common, samba-vfs-modules, libpam-winbind, samba-libs, winbind
• USN-5675-1: libhcrypto4-heimdal, heimdal-servers-x, libroken18-heimdal, heimdal-clients-x, heimdal-kdc, libheimbase1-heimdal, heimdal-dev, libkdc2-heimdal, libkadm5clnt7-heimdal, libsl0-heimdal, libkrb5-26-heimdal, libasn1-8-heimdal, libkafs0-heimdal, libotp0-heimdal, libkadm5srv8-heimdal, heimdal-clients, heimdal-servers, heimdal-kcm, heimdal-multidev, heimdal, heimdal-docs, libhdb9-heimdal, libwind0-heimdal, libheimntlm0-heimdal, libhx509-5-heimdal, libgssapi3-heimdal