RHSA-2015:0253Critical

Red Hat Security Advisory: samba3x 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 products82

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.9 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.6 server)
  • samba3x-0:3.5.4-0.70.el5_6.4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.6 server)
  • samba3x-0:3.5.4-0.70.el5_6.4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.6 server)
  • samba3x-0:3.5.4-0.70.el5_6.4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.6 server)
  • samba3x-0:3.5.4-0.70.el5_6.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.6 server)
  • samba3x-0:3.6.6-0.131.el5_9.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.9 server)
  • samba3x-0:3.6.6-0.131.el5_9.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.9 server)
  • samba3x-0:3.6.6-0.131.el5_9.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.9 server)
  • samba3x-0:3.6.6-0.131.el5_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.9 server)
  • samba3x-0:3.6.6-0.131.el5_9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.9 server)
  • samba3x-0:3.6.6-0.131.el5_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.9 server)
  • samba3x-client-0:3.5.4-0.70.el5_6.4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.6 server)
  • samba3x-client-0:3.5.4-0.70.el5_6.4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.6 server)
  • samba3x-client-0:3.5.4-0.70.el5_6.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.6 server)
  • samba3x-client-0:3.6.6-0.131.el5_9.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.9 server)
  • samba3x-client-0:3.6.6-0.131.el5_9.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.9 server)
  • samba3x-client-0:3.6.6-0.131.el5_9.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.9 server)
  • samba3x-client-0:3.6.6-0.131.el5_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.9 server)
  • samba3x-client-0:3.6.6-0.131.el5_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.9 server)
  • samba3x-common-0:3.5.4-0.70.el5_6.4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.6 server)
  • samba3x-common-0:3.5.4-0.70.el5_6.4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.6 server)
  • samba3x-common-0:3.5.4-0.70.el5_6.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.6 server)
  • samba3x-common-0:3.6.6-0.131.el5_9.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.9 server)
  • samba3x-common-0:3.6.6-0.131.el5_9.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.9 server)
  • samba3x-common-0:3.6.6-0.131.el5_9.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.9 server)
  • samba3x-common-0:3.6.6-0.131.el5_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.9 server)
  • samba3x-common-0:3.6.6-0.131.el5_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.9 server)
  • samba3x-debuginfo-0:3.5.4-0.70.el5_6.4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.6 server)
  • samba3x-debuginfo-0:3.5.4-0.70.el5_6.4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.6 server)
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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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