Samba: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background

Samba is a suite of SMB and CIFS client/server programs.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Samba. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with root privileges, cause a Denial of Service condition, take ownership of shared files, or bypass file permissions. Furthermore, a local attacker may be able to cause a Denial of Service condition or obtain sensitive information in a Samba credentials file.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Samba users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-fs/samba-3.5.15"