Security update for samba

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:0032-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2015-5252 ( NVD ): 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2015-5296 ( NVD ): 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2015-5299 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2

An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has eight security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for Samba fixes the following security issues:

  • CVE-2015-5330: Remote read memory exploit in LDB (bnc#958586).
  • CVE-2015-5252: Insufficient symlink verification (file access outside the share) (bnc#958582).
  • CVE-2015-5296: No man in the middle protection when forcing smb encryption on the client side (bnc#958584).
  • CVE-2015-5299: Currently the snapshot browsing is not secure thru windows previous version (shadow_copy2) (bnc#958583).

Non-security issues fixed:

  • Prevent null pointer access in samlogon fallback when security credentials are null (bnc#949022).
  • Address unrecoverable winbind failure: "key length too large" (bnc#934299).
  • Take resource group sids into account when caching netsamlogon data (bnc#912457).
  • Use domain name if search by domain SID fails to send SIDHistory lookups to correct idmap backend (bnc#773464).
  • Remove deprecated base_rid example from idmap_rid manpage (bnc#913304).
  • Purge printer name cache on spoolss SetPrinter change (bnc#901813).
  • Fix lookup of groups with "Local Domain" scope from Active Directory (bnc#948244).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2
    zypper in -t patch slessp2-samba-12297=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2 (s390x x86_64 i586)
    • ldapsmb-1.34b-45.2
    • libtalloc2-3.6.3-45.2
    • libsmbclient0-3.6.3-45.2
    • libtdb1-3.6.3-45.2
    • samba-winbind-3.6.3-45.2
    • libldb1-3.6.3-45.2
    • samba-3.6.3-45.2
    • samba-krb-printing-3.6.3-45.2
    • samba-client-3.6.3-45.2
    • libwbclient0-3.6.3-45.2
    • libtevent0-3.6.3-45.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2 (noarch)
    • samba-doc-3.6.3-45.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2 (s390x x86_64)
    • libtevent0-32bit-3.6.3-45.2
    • libtalloc2-32bit-3.6.3-45.2
    • samba-32bit-3.6.3-45.2
    • libtdb1-32bit-3.6.3-45.2
    • libwbclient0-32bit-3.6.3-45.2
    • libsmbclient0-32bit-3.6.3-45.2
    • samba-client-32bit-3.6.3-45.2
    • samba-winbind-32bit-3.6.3-45.2

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