Debian Security Advisory
DLA-1183-1 samba -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 21 Nov 2017
- Affected Packages:
- samba
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-15275.
- More information:
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Volker Lendecke of SerNet and the Samba team discovered that Samba, a SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix, is prone to a heap memory information leak, where server allocated heap memory may be returned to the client without being cleared.
For Debian 7
Wheezy
, these problems have been fixed in version 2:3.6.6-6+deb7u15.We recommend that you upgrade your samba packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS