RHSA-2015:0257Critical

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 products16

  • Red Hat Storage Server 2.1
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.9-167.10.3.el6rhs.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Storage Server 2.1
  • libsmbclient-devel-0:3.6.9-167.10.3.el6rhs.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Storage Server 2.1
  • samba-0:3.6.9-167.10.3.el6rhs.src as a component of Red Hat Storage Server 2.1
  • samba-0:3.6.9-167.10.3.el6rhs.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Storage Server 2.1
  • samba-client-0:3.6.9-167.10.3.el6rhs.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Storage Server 2.1
  • samba-common-0:3.6.9-167.10.3.el6rhs.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Storage Server 2.1
  • samba-debuginfo-0:3.6.9-167.10.3.el6rhs.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Storage Server 2.1
  • samba-doc-0:3.6.9-167.10.3.el6rhs.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Storage Server 2.1
  • samba-domainjoin-gui-0:3.6.9-167.10.3.el6rhs.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Storage Server 2.1
  • samba-glusterfs-0:3.6.9-167.10.3.el6rhs.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Storage Server 2.1
  • samba-swat-0:3.6.9-167.10.3.el6rhs.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Storage Server 2.1
  • samba-winbind-0:3.6.9-167.10.3.el6rhs.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Storage Server 2.1
  • samba-winbind-clients-0:3.6.9-167.10.3.el6rhs.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Storage Server 2.1
  • samba-winbind-devel-0:3.6.9-167.10.3.el6rhs.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Storage Server 2.1
  • samba-winbind-krb5-locator-0:3.6.9-167.10.3.el6rhs.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Storage Server 2.1

✅ 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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