{"id":"USN-2257-1","summary":"samba vulnerabilities","details":"Christof Schmitt discovered that Samba incorrectly initialized a certain\nresponse field when vfs shadow copy was enabled. A remote authenticated\nattacker could use this issue to possibly obtain sensitive information.\nThis issue only affected Ubuntu 13.10 and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-0178)\n\nIt was discovered that the Samba internal DNS server incorrectly handled QR\nfields when processing incoming DNS messages. A remote attacker could use\nthis issue to cause Samba to consume resources, resulting in a denial of\nservice. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-0239)\n\nDaniel Berteaud discovered that the Samba NetBIOS name service daemon\nincorrectly handled certain malformed packets. A remote attacker could use\nthis issue to cause Samba to consume resources, resulting in a denial of\nservice. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 13.10, and\nUbuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-0244)\n\nSimon Arlott discovered that Samba incorrectly handled certain unicode path\nnames. A remote authenticated attacker could use this issue to cause Samba\nto stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3493)\n","modified":"2026-04-22T08:57:13.094231Z","published":"2014-06-26T17:30:11Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0178","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0239","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0244","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3493"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-0178","CVE-2014-0239","CVE-2014-0244","CVE-2014-3493","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0178","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0239","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0244","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3493"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2257-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0178"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0239"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0244"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3493"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"samba","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/samba@2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.2"}]}],"versions":["2:3.6.18-1ubuntu3","2:4.0.10+dfsg-4ubuntu2","2:4.0.13+dfsg-1ubuntu1","2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu2","2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu3","2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu4","2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu5","2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1","2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2","2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.2","binary_name":"libnss-winbind"},{"binary_version":"2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.2","binary_name":"libpam-smbpass"},{"binary_version":"2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.2","binary_name":"libpam-winbind"},{"binary_version":"2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.2","binary_name":"libparse-pidl-perl"},{"binary_version":"2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.2","binary_name":"libsmbclient"},{"binary_version":"2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.2","binary_name":"libsmbsharemodes0"},{"binary_version":"2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.2","binary_name":"libwbclient0"},{"binary_version":"2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.2","binary_name":"python-samba"},{"binary_version":"2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.2","binary_name":"registry-tools"},{"binary_version":"2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.2","binary_name":"samba"},{"binary_version":"2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.2","binary_name":"samba-common"},{"binary_version":"2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.2","binary_name":"samba-common-bin"},{"binary_version":"2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.2","binary_name":"samba-dsdb-modules"},{"binary_version":"2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.2","binary_name":"samba-libs"},{"binary_version":"2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.2","binary_name":"samba-testsuite"},{"binary_version":"2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.2","binary_name":"samba-vfs-modules"},{"binary_version":"2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.2","binary_name":"smbclient"},{"binary_version":"2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.2","binary_name":"winbind"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2257-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2014-0178"},{"severity":[{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2014-0239"},{"severity":[{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2014-0244"},{"severity":[{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2014-3493"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}