SUSE Security Update: Security update for Samba
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2015:0371-1
Rating:             important
References:         #872912 #898031 #899558 #913001 #917376 
Cross-References:   CVE-2015-0240
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has four fixes
   is now available.

Description:


   Samba has been updated to fix one security issue:

       * CVE-2015-0240: Don't call talloc_free on an uninitialized pointer
         (bnc#917376).

   Additionally, these non-security issues have been fixed:

       * Realign the winbind request structure following
         require_membership_of field expansion (bnc#913001).
       * Reuse connections derived from DFS referrals (bso#10123,
         fate#316512).
       * Set domain/workgroup based on authentication callback value
         (bso#11059).
       * Fix spoolss error response marshalling (bso#10984).
       * Fix spoolss EnumJobs and GetJob responses (bso#10905, bnc#898031).
       * Fix handling of bad EnumJobs levels (bso#10898).
       * Fix small memory-leak in the background print process; (bnc#899558).
       * Prune idle or hung connections older than "winbind request timeout"
         (bso#3204, bnc#872912).

   Security Issues:

       * CVE-2015-0240
         


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp3-samba-20150217=10321

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-samba-20150217=10321

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-samba-20150217=10321

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-samba-20150217=10321

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      libldb-devel-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libnetapi-devel-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libnetapi0-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libsmbclient-devel-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libsmbsharemodes-devel-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libsmbsharemodes0-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libtalloc-devel-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libtdb-devel-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libtevent-devel-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libwbclient-devel-3.6.3-0.56.1
      samba-devel-3.6.3-0.56.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      ldapsmb-1.34b-12.56.1
      libldb1-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libsmbclient0-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libtalloc2-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libtdb1-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libtevent0-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libwbclient0-3.6.3-0.56.1
      samba-3.6.3-0.56.1
      samba-client-3.6.3-0.56.1
      samba-krb-printing-3.6.3-0.56.1
      samba-winbind-3.6.3-0.56.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64):

      libsmbclient0-32bit-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libtalloc2-32bit-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libtdb1-32bit-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libtevent0-32bit-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libwbclient0-32bit-3.6.3-0.56.1
      samba-32bit-3.6.3-0.56.1
      samba-client-32bit-3.6.3-0.56.1
      samba-winbind-32bit-3.6.3-0.56.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (noarch):

      samba-doc-3.6.3-0.56.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      ldapsmb-1.34b-12.56.1
      libldb1-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libsmbclient0-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libtalloc2-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libtdb1-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libtevent0-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libwbclient0-3.6.3-0.56.1
      samba-3.6.3-0.56.1
      samba-client-3.6.3-0.56.1
      samba-krb-printing-3.6.3-0.56.1
      samba-winbind-3.6.3-0.56.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      libsmbclient0-32bit-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libtalloc2-32bit-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libtdb1-32bit-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libtevent0-32bit-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libwbclient0-32bit-3.6.3-0.56.1
      samba-32bit-3.6.3-0.56.1
      samba-client-32bit-3.6.3-0.56.1
      samba-winbind-32bit-3.6.3-0.56.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (noarch):

      samba-doc-3.6.3-0.56.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64):

      libsmbclient0-x86-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libtalloc2-x86-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libtdb1-x86-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libwbclient0-x86-3.6.3-0.56.1
      samba-client-x86-3.6.3-0.56.1
      samba-winbind-x86-3.6.3-0.56.1
      samba-x86-3.6.3-0.56.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):

      libldb1-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libsmbclient0-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libtalloc2-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libtdb1-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libtevent0-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libwbclient0-3.6.3-0.56.1
      samba-3.6.3-0.56.1
      samba-client-3.6.3-0.56.1
      samba-krb-printing-3.6.3-0.56.1
      samba-winbind-3.6.3-0.56.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64):

      libldb1-32bit-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libsmbclient0-32bit-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libtalloc2-32bit-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libtdb1-32bit-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libtevent0-32bit-3.6.3-0.56.1
      libwbclient0-32bit-3.6.3-0.56.1
      samba-32bit-3.6.3-0.56.1
      samba-client-32bit-3.6.3-0.56.1
      samba-winbind-32bit-3.6.3-0.56.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (noarch):

      samba-doc-3.6.3-0.56.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0240.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/872912
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/898031
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/899558
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/913001
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/917376
   https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

SuSE: 2015:0371-1: important: Samba

February 25, 2015
An update that solves one vulnerability and has four fixes An update that solves one vulnerability and has four fixes An update that solves one vulnerability and has four fixes is ...

Summary

Samba has been updated to fix one security issue: * CVE-2015-0240: Don't call talloc_free on an uninitialized pointer (bnc#917376). Additionally, these non-security issues have been fixed: * Realign the winbind request structure following require_membership_of field expansion (bnc#913001). * Reuse connections derived from DFS referrals (bso#10123, fate#316512). * Set domain/workgroup based on authentication callback value (bso#11059). * Fix spoolss error response marshalling (bso#10984). * Fix spoolss EnumJobs and GetJob responses (bso#10905, bnc#898031). * Fix handling of bad EnumJobs levels (bso#10898). * Fix small memory-leak in the background print process; (bnc#899558). * Prune idle or hung connections older than "winbind request timeout" (bso#3204, bnc#872912). Security Issues: * CVE-2015-0240 Patch Instructions: To install this SU...

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References

#872912 #898031 #899558 #913001 #917376

Cross- CVE-2015-0240

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0240.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/872912

https://bugzilla.suse.com/898031

https://bugzilla.suse.com/899558

https://bugzilla.suse.com/913001

https://bugzilla.suse.com/917376

https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0371-1
Rating: important

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