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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5260-2
February 01, 2022
samba vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Summary:
Samba could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it
received specially crafted network traffic.
Software Description:
- 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)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
samba                           2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.28
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5260-2
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5260-1
CVE-2021-44142
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.28