{"id":"MGASA-2014-0279","summary":"Updated samba packages fix multiple vulnerabilities","details":"Updated samba packages fix security vulnerabilities:\n\nInformation leak vulnerability in the VFS code, allowing an authenticated\nuser to retrieve eight bytes of uninitialized memory when shadow copy is\nenabled (CVE-2014-0178).\n\nSamba versions before 3.6.24, 4.0.19, and 4.1.9 are vulnerable to a denial\nof service on the nmbd NetBIOS name services daemon. A malformed packet\ncan cause the nmbd server to loop the CPU and prevent any further NetBIOS\nname service (CVE-2014-0244).\n\nSamba versions before 3.6.24, 4.0.19, and 4.1.9 are affected by a denial\nof service crash involving overwriting memory on an authenticated\nconnection to the smbd file server (CVE-2014-3493).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T01:46:19.251999881Z","published":"2014-07-04T17:57:20Z","upstream":["CVE-2014-0178","CVE-2014-0244","CVE-2014-3493"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0279.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-0178"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-0244"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-3493"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2966"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13579"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"samba","ecosystem":"Mageia:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/samba?arch=source&distro=mageia-3"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.6.15-1.6.mga3"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0279.json"}},{"package":{"name":"samba","ecosystem":"Mageia:4","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/samba?arch=source&distro=mageia-4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.6.24-1.1.mga4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0279.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}