RHSA-2015:0254Critical

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 products200

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Optional EUS (v. 6.4)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Optional EUS (v. 6.5)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.4)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.5)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.5)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.2)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.4)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.5)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.5.10-119.el6_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.5.10-119.el6_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.9-151.el6_4.3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Optional EUS (v. 6.4)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.9-151.el6_4.3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.9-151.el6_4.3.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.9-151.el6_4.3.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.9-151.el6_4.3.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.9-151.el6_4.3.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.9-151.el6_4.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Optional EUS (v. 6.4)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.9-151.el6_4.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.9-171.el6_5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Optional EUS (v. 6.5)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.9-171.el6_5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.5)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.9-171.el6_5.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.5)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.9-171.el6_5.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.5)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.9-171.el6_5.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.5)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.9-171.el6_5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.5)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.9-171.el6_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Optional EUS (v. 6.5)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.9-171.el6_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.5)
  • libsmbclient-devel-0:3.5.10-119.el6_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.2)
  • libsmbclient-devel-0:3.5.10-119.el6_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.2)
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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)