Ubuntu Security Notice 2156-1 - Andrew Bartlett discovered that Samba did not properly enforce the password guessing protection mechanism for all interfaces. A remote attacker could use this issue to possibly attempt to brute force user passwords.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2156-1
March 26, 2014
samba vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
Samba did not properly enforce the password guessing protection mechanism.
Software Description:
- samba: SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix
Details:
Andrew Bartlett discovered that Samba did not properly enforce the
password guessing protection mechanism for all interfaces. A remote
attacker could use this issue to possibly attempt to brute force user
passwords.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 13.10:
samba 2:3.6.18-1ubuntu3.2
Ubuntu 12.10:
samba 2:3.6.6-3ubuntu5.4
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
samba 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.10
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
samba 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.14
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2156-1
CVE-2013-4496
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/2:3.6.18-1ubuntu3.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/2:3.6.6-3ubuntu5.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.10
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.14