Ubuntu Security Notice 2257-1 - Christof Schmitt discovered that Samba incorrectly initialized a certain response field when vfs shadow copy was enabled. A remote authenticated attacker could use this issue to possibly obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 13.10 and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. It was discovered that the Samba internal DNS server incorrectly handled QR fields when processing incoming DNS messages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Samba to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Various other issues were also addressed.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2257-1
June 26, 2014
samba vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in Samba.
Software Description:
- samba: SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix
Details:
Christof Schmitt discovered that Samba incorrectly initialized a certain
response field when vfs shadow copy was enabled. A remote authenticated
attacker could use this issue to possibly obtain sensitive information.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 13.10 and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-0178)
It was discovered that the Samba internal DNS server incorrectly handled QR
fields when processing incoming DNS messages. A remote attacker could use
this issue to cause Samba to consume resources, resulting in a denial of
service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-0239)
Daniel Berteaud discovered that the Samba NetBIOS name service daemon
incorrectly handled certain malformed packets. A remote attacker could use
this issue to cause Samba to consume resources, resulting in a denial of
service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 13.10, and
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-0244)
Simon Arlott discovered that Samba incorrectly handled certain unicode path
names. A remote authenticated attacker could use this issue to cause Samba
to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3493)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
samba 2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.2
Ubuntu 13.10:
samba 2:3.6.18-1ubuntu3.3
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
samba 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.11
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
samba 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.15
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2257-1
CVE-2014-0178, CVE-2014-0239, CVE-2014-0244, CVE-2014-3493
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/2:3.6.18-1ubuntu3.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.11
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.15