Package        : samba
Version        : 2:4.2.14+dfsg-0+deb8u11
CVE ID         : CVE-2018-14629 CVE-2018-16851

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Samba, a SMB/CIFS file,
print, and login server for Unix. The Common Vulnerabilities and
Exposures project identifies the following issues:

CVE-2018-14629

    Florian Stuelpner discovered that Samba is vulnerable to
    infinite query recursion caused by CNAME loops, resulting in
    denial of service.

CVE-2018-16851

    Garming Sam of the Samba Team and Catalyst discovered a NULL pointer
    dereference vulnerability in the Samba AD DC LDAP server allowing a
    user able to read more than 256MB of LDAP entries to crash the Samba
    AD DC's LDAP server.

For Debian 8 "Jessie", these problems have been fixed in version
2:4.2.14+dfsg-0+deb8u11.

We recommend that you upgrade your samba packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Debian LTS: DLA-1607-1: samba security update

December 15, 2018
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Samba, a SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix

Summary

Florian Stuelpner discovered that Samba is vulnerable to
infinite query recursion caused by CNAME loops, resulting in
denial of service.

CVE-2018-16851

Garming Sam of the Samba Team and Catalyst discovered a NULL pointer
dereference vulnerability in the Samba AD DC LDAP server allowing a
user able to read more than 256MB of LDAP entries to crash the Samba
AD DC's LDAP server.

For Debian 8 "Jessie", these problems have been fixed in version
2:4.2.14+dfsg-0+deb8u11.

We recommend that you upgrade your samba packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


Severity
Package : samba
Version : 2:4.2.14+dfsg-0+deb8u11
CVE ID : CVE-2018-14629 CVE-2018-16851

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