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Samba Updates

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Classification
These posts contain security alerts, including digital loopholes, electronic attacks, technical updates, and they are classified base on the level of severity.

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Medium

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Warning Date

Severity Level

Warning Number

Target Sector

30 October, 2019

● Medium

2019-574

All

Descriptions:

Samba has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in all the versions.

Threats:

An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:

  • Overwrite files remotely.
  • Bypass implemented password policy and create weak passwords remotely.
  • Denial of service attack (DoS).

Best practice and Recommendations:

The CERT team encourages users to review Samba security advisory and apply the necessary updates: https://www.samba.org/samba/history/security.html

Last updated at 23 December, 2019

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