Thursday 13 July 2017

Samba Releases Security Updates



Samba Releases Security Updates
U.S. Department of Homeland Security US-CERT
National Cyber Awareness System:
Samba Releases Security Updates
07/12/2017 02:57 PM EDT

Original release date: July 12, 2017
The Samba Team has released security updates that address a vulnerability in all versions of Samba from 4.0.0 onward using embedded Heimdal Kerberos. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system.
US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Samba's Security Announcement and apply the necessary updates, or refer to their Linux or Unix-based OS vendors for appropriate patches.