RHSA-2015:0250Critical

Red Hat Security Advisory: samba4 security update

Published
February 23, 2015
Last Modified
November 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2015-0240 →

📋 Description

CVE-2015-0240 — samba: talloc free on uninitialized stack pointer in netlogon server could lead to remote-code execution

🎯 Affected products143

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • samba4-0:4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • samba4-0:4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • samba4-0:4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • samba4-0:4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • samba4-0:4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • samba4-0:4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • samba4-0:4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • samba4-0:4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • samba4-0:4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • samba4-0:4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • samba4-0:4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • samba4-0:4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • samba4-0:4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • samba4-client-0:4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • samba4-client-0:4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • samba4-client-0:4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • samba4-client-0:4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • samba4-client-0:4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • samba4-client-0:4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • samba4-client-0:4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • samba4-client-0:4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • samba4-client-0:4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • samba4-common-0:4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • samba4-common-0:4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • samba4-common-0:4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • samba4-common-0:4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: On Samba versions 4.0.0 and above, add the line: rpc_server:netlogon=disabled to the [global] section of your smb.conf. For Samba versions 3.6.x and earlier, this workaround is not available.

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