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| author | Karolin Seeger <kseeger@samba.org> | 2013-11-07 12:49:34 +0100 |
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| committer | Karolin Seeger <kseeger@samba.org> | 2013-11-11 09:29:17 +0100 |
| commit | 12598a76c0330ea1067c4b11b295ab3473e93f15 (patch) | |
| tree | a2d33f97d87b81370ef034fae66c3671d1c4b1d9 | |
| parent | 14d48130870579541c07f5a0f64638e635ddce95 (diff) | |
| download | samba-12598a76c0330ea1067c4b11b295ab3473e93f15.tar.gz | |
WHATSNEW: Add release notes for Samba 3.6.20.samba-3.6.20
Bug 10235 - CVE-2013-4475: No access check verification on stream files.
Signed-off-by: Karolin Seeger <kseeger@samba.org>
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1 files changed, 26 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index d30b702adf4..d6b1ebd218b 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -1,20 +1,41 @@ ============================== Release Notes for Samba 3.6.20 - November 06, 2013 + November 11, 2013 ============================== -This is is the latest maintenance release of Samba 3.6. +This is a security release in order to address +CVE-2013-4475 (ACLs are not checked on opening an alternate +data stream on a file or directory). -Please note that this will probably be the last maintenance release -of the Samba 3.6 release series. With the release of Samba 4.1.0, the -3.6 release series will be turned into the "security fixes only" mode. +o CVE-2013-4475: + Samba versions 3.2.0 and above (all versions of 3.2.x, 3.3.x, + 3.4.x, 3.5.x, 3.6.x, 4.0.x and 4.1.x) do not check the underlying + file or directory ACL when opening an alternate data stream. + + According to the SMB1 and SMB2+ protocols the ACL on an underlying + file or directory should control what access is allowed to alternate + data streams that are associated with the file or directory. + + By default no version of Samba supports alternate data streams + on files or directories. + + Samba can be configured to support alternate data streams by loading + either one of two virtual file system modues (VFS) vfs_streams_depot or + vfs_streams_xattr supplied with Samba, so this bug only affects Samba + servers configured this way. + + To determine if your server is vulnerable, check for the strings + "streams_depot" or "streams_xattr" inside your smb.conf configuration + file. Changes since 3.6.19: --------------------- o Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org> + * BUGs 10234 + 10229: CVE-2013-4475: Fix access check verification on stream + files. ###################################################################### |