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=============================
+ Release Notes for Samba 4.6.4
+ May 24, 2017
+ =============================
+
+
+This is a security release in order to address the following defect:
+
+o CVE-2017-7494 (Remote code execution from a writable share)
+
+=======
+Details
+=======
+
+o CVE-2017-7494:
+ All versions of Samba from 3.5.0 onwards are vulnerable to a 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.
+
+
+Changes since 4.6.3:
+---------------------
+
+o Volker Lendecke <vl@samba.org>
+ * BUG 12780: CVE-2017-7494: Avoid remote code execution from a writable
+ share.
+
+
+#######################################
+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 and newer" 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 4.6.3
April 25, 2017
=============================
@@ -104,8 +156,8 @@ database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/).
======================================================================
-Release notes for older releases follow:
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+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
=============================
Release Notes for Samba 4.6.2