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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1788-1] samba security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
3 years ago
Modified
Modified
3 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'samba' package(s) announced via the DSA-1788-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
Isaac Boukris and Andrew Bartlett discovered that the S4U2Self Kerberos extension used in Samba's Active Directory support was susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks caused by incomplete checksum validation.
Affected Software
Affected Software
'samba' package(s) on Debian Linux.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 2:4.2.14+dfsg-0+deb8u13. We recommend that you upgrade your samba packages.