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| author | Karolin Seeger <kseeger@samba.org> | 2014-03-11 12:40:13 +0100 |
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| committer | Karolin Seeger <kseeger@samba.org> | 2014-03-11 19:33:49 +0100 |
| commit | 31d00286901e7813dea13ffedec3ac0ce42e32a4 (patch) | |
| tree | 58375d391b063932d69dd3f7f7f3bd6f4b7c2df5 /WHATSNEW.txt | |
| parent | 0508f0456b656b943a75771a7a560450c732fcc8 (diff) | |
| download | samba-31d00286901e7813dea13ffedec3ac0ce42e32a4.tar.gz | |
WHATSNEW: Add release notes for Samba 4.1.6.
Bug: https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10245
CVE-2013-4496: Password lockout not enforced for SAMR password
changes.
Bug: https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10327
CVE-2013-6442: smbcacls --chown | --chgrp dacl regression
Signed-off-by: Karolin Seeger <kseeger@samba.org>
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diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index 977c85a09be..defe3cb6198 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -1,4 +1,70 @@ ============================= + Release Notes for Samba 4.1.6 + March 11, 2014 + ============================= + + +This is a security release in order to address +CVE-2013-4496 (Password lockout not enforced for SAMR password changes) and +CVE-2013-6442 (smbcacls can remove a file or directory ACL by mistake). + +o CVE-2013-4496: + Samba versions 3.4.0 and above allow the administrator to implement + locking out Samba accounts after a number of bad password attempts. + + However, all released versions of Samba did not implement this check for + password changes, such as are available over multiple SAMR and RAP + interfaces, allowing password guessing attacks. + +o CVE-2013-6442: + Samba versions 4.0.0 and above have a flaw in the smbcacls command. If + smbcacls is used with the "-C|--chown name" or "-G|--chgrp name" + command options it will remove the existing ACL on the object being + modified, leaving the file or directory unprotected. + + +Changes since 4.1.5: +-------------------- + +o Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org> + * BUG 10327: CVE-2013-6442: ensure we don't lose an existing ACL when + setting owner or group owner. + + +o Andrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org> + * BUG 10245: CVE-2013-4496: Enforce password lockout for SAMR password + changes. + + +o Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org> + * BUG 10245: CVE-2013-4496: Enforce password lockout for SAMR password + changes. + + +####################################### +Reporting bugs & Development Discussion +####################################### + +Please discuss this release on the samba-technical mailing list or by +joining the #samba-technical IRC channel on irc.freenode.net. + +If you do report problems then please try to send high quality +feedback. If you don't provide vital information to help us track down +the problem then you will probably be ignored. All bug reports should +be filed under the Samba 4.1 product in the project's Bugzilla +database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/). + + +====================================================================== +== Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility. +== The Samba Team +====================================================================== + + +Release notes for older releases follow: +---------------------------------------- + + ============================= Release Notes for Samba 4.1.5 February 21, 2014 ============================= @@ -94,8 +160,8 @@ database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/). ====================================================================== -Release notes for older releases follow: ----------------------------------------- +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + ============================= Release Notes for Samba 4.1.4 |