| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'samba' package(s) announced via the USN-2257-1 advisory.
Vulnerability Insight:
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)
Affected Software/OS:
'samba' package(s) on Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 14.04.
Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).
CVSS Score:
5.0
CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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