Samba security updates

Number: AV18-041
Date: 13 March 2018

Purpose

The purpose of this advisory is to bring attention to a recent Samba security advisory.

Assessment

Samba has released updates to address multiple security vulnerabilities. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to bypass certain security restrictions and perform unauthorized actions. Such actions may include modifying passwords from other users and causing denial of service.

Affected Versions:
- Samba 4.7.5 and prior versions
- Samba 4.6.13 and prior versions
- Samba 4.5.15 and prior versions

CVE References: CVE-2018-1050 and CVE-2018-1057

Suggested Action

CCIRC recommends that owners/operators test and deploy the vendor released update or workaround to affected platforms accordingly.

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