From 28babc08730e3605d21fb35d3c882a2756d8cd74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karolin Seeger Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2015 21:29:36 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] WHATSNEW: Add release notes for Samba 3.0.25. BUG: https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11077 CVE-2015-0240: talloc free on uninitialized stack pointer in netlogon server could lead to security vulnerability. Signed-off-by: Karolin Seeger --- WHATSNEW.txt | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 58 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index 777997f174c..80d9c957688 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -1,4 +1,60 @@ ============================== + Release Notes for Samba 4.0.25 + February 23, 2015 + ============================== + + +This is a security release in order to address CVE-2015-0240 (Unexpected +code execution in smbd). + +o CVE-2015-0240: + All versions of Samba from 3.5.0 to 4.2.0rc4 are vulnerable to an + unexpected code execution vulnerability in the smbd file server + daemon. + + A malicious client could send packets that may set up the stack in + such a way that the freeing of memory in a subsequent anonymous + netlogon packet could allow execution of arbitrary code. This code + would execute with root privileges. + + +Changes since 4.0.24: +--------------------- + +o Jeremy Allison + * BUG 11077: CVE-2015-0240: talloc free on uninitialized stack pointer + in netlogon server could lead to security vulnerability. + + +o Andreas Schneider + * BUG 11077: CVE-2015-0240: s3-netlogon: Make sure we do not deference + a NULL pointer./auth: Make sure that creds_out is initialized with NULL. + + +###################################################################### +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 4.0 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 4.0.24 January 15, 2015 ============================== @@ -44,8 +100,8 @@ database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/). ====================================================================== -Release notes for older releases follow: ----------------------------------------- +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + ============================== Release Notes for Samba 4.0.23 -- 2.11.4.GIT