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Ubuntu: USN-3296-2 (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-7494): Samba vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-3296-2 (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-7494): Samba vulnerability

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/24/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/25/2017
Modified
03/31/2023

Description

Samba since version 3.5.0 is vulnerable to remote code execution vulnerability, allowing a malicious client to upload a shared library to a writable share, and then cause the server to load and execute it.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-samba

References

  • USN-3296-1
  • USN-3296-2
  • 98636
  • CVE-2017-7494
  • DLA-951-1
  • DSA-3860

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