From 2ef4251057a875a52db938dd97a9c52b30d3ffee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karolin Seeger Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 15:43:26 -0700 Subject: WHATSNEW: Add release notes for Samba 4.4.16. Signed-off-by: Karolin Seeger --- WHATSNEW.txt | 84 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 82 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index 476ea80c509..f97f799b770 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -1,3 +1,83 @@ + ============================== + Release Notes for Samba 4.4.16 + September 20, 2017 + ============================== + + +This is a security release in order to address the following defects: + +o CVE-2017-12150 (SMB1/2/3 connections may not require signing where they + should) +o CVE-2017-12151 (SMB3 connections don't keep encryption across DFS redirects) +o CVE-2017-12163 (Server memory information leak over SMB1) + + +======= +Details +======= + +o CVE-2017-12150: + A man in the middle attack may hijack client connections. + +o CVE-2017-12151: + A man in the middle attack can read and may alter confidential + documents transferred via a client connection, which are reached + via DFS redirect when the original connection used SMB3. + +o CVE-2017-12163: + Client with write access to a share can cause server memory contents to be + written into a file or printer. + +For more details and workarounds, please see the security advisories: + + o https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-12150.html + o https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-12151.html + o https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-12163.html + + +Changes since 4.4.15: +--------------------- + +o Jeremy Allison + * BUG 12836: s3: smbd: Fix a read after free if a chained SMB1 call goes + async. + * BUG 13020: CVE-2017-12163: s3:smbd: Prevent client short SMB1 write from + writing server memory to file. + +o Ralph Boehme + * BUG 12885: s3/smbd: Let non_widelink_open() chdir() to directories + directly. + +o Stefan Metzmacher + * BUG 12996: CVE-2017-12151: Keep required encryption across SMB3 dfs + redirects. + * BUG 12997: CVE-2017-12150: Some code path don't enforce smb signing + when they should. + + +####################################### +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 4.4.15 July 12, 2017 @@ -48,8 +128,8 @@ database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/). ====================================================================== -Release notes for older releases follow: ----------------------------------------- +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + ============================== Release Notes for Samba 4.4.14 -- cgit v1.2.1