RHSA-2015:0252High

Red Hat Security Advisory: samba 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 products196

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)
  • libsmbclient-0:4.1.1-38.el7_0.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • libsmbclient-0:4.1.1-38.el7_0.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)
  • libsmbclient-0:4.1.1-38.el7_0.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • libsmbclient-0:4.1.1-38.el7_0.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • libsmbclient-0:4.1.1-38.el7_0.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • libsmbclient-0:4.1.1-38.el7_0.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • libsmbclient-0:4.1.1-38.el7_0.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • libsmbclient-0:4.1.1-38.el7_0.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • libsmbclient-0:4.1.1-38.el7_0.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • libsmbclient-0:4.1.1-38.el7_0.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)
  • libsmbclient-0:4.1.1-38.el7_0.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • libsmbclient-0:4.1.1-38.el7_0.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • libsmbclient-devel-0:4.1.1-38.el7_0.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)
  • libsmbclient-devel-0:4.1.1-38.el7_0.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)
  • libsmbclient-devel-0:4.1.1-38.el7_0.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • libsmbclient-devel-0:4.1.1-38.el7_0.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)
  • libsmbclient-devel-0:4.1.1-38.el7_0.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • libsmbclient-devel-0:4.1.1-38.el7_0.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • libsmbclient-devel-0:4.1.1-38.el7_0.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • libsmbclient-devel-0:4.1.1-38.el7_0.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • libsmbclient-devel-0:4.1.1-38.el7_0.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)
  • libsmbclient-devel-0:4.1.1-38.el7_0.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)
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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.

🔗 References (5)