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diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index 2914f57c602..021f2e7e5f4 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -1,4 +1,80 @@ ============================= + Release Notes for Samba 4.7.6 + March 13, 2018 + ============================= + + +This is a security release in order to address the following defects: + +o CVE-2018-1050 (Denial of Service Attack on external print server.) +o CVE-2018-1057 (Authenticated users can change other users' password.) + + +======= +Details +======= + +o CVE-2018-1050: + All versions of Samba from 4.0.0 onwards are vulnerable to a denial of + service attack when the RPC spoolss service is configured to be run as + an external daemon. Missing input sanitization checks on some of the + input parameters to spoolss RPC calls could cause the print spooler + service to crash. + + There is no known vulnerability associated with this error, merely a + denial of service. If the RPC spoolss service is left by default as an + internal service, all a client can do is crash its own authenticated + connection. + +o CVE-2018-1057: + On a Samba 4 AD DC the LDAP server in all versions of Samba from + 4.0.0 onwards incorrectly validates permissions to modify passwords + over LDAP allowing authenticated users to change any other users' + passwords, including administrative users. + + Possible workarounds are described at a dedicated page in the Samba wiki: + https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/CVE-2018-1057 + + +Changes since 4.7.5: +-------------------- + +o Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org> + * BUG 11343: CVE-2018-1050: Codenomicon crashes in spoolss server code. + +o Ralph Boehme <slow@samba.org> + * BUG 13272: CVE-2018-1057: Unprivileged user can change any user (and admin) + password. + +o Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org> + * BUG 13272: CVE-2018-1057: Unprivileged user can change any user (and admin) + password. + + +####################################### +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 4.7.5 February 7, 2018 ============================= @@ -82,8 +158,8 @@ database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/). ====================================================================== -Release notes for older releases follow: ----------------------------------------- +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + ============================= Release Notes for Samba 4.7.4 |