From a3a30536fb31c2f48be448cd5b59f7a740855b5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karolin Seeger Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 11:10:36 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] WHATSNEW: Add release notes for Samba 4.6.11. Signed-off-by: Karolin Seeger --- WHATSNEW.txt | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index 375d34084cd..8199d919a4d 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -1,3 +1,74 @@ + ============================== + Release Notes for Samba 4.6.11 + November 21, 2017 + ============================= + + +This is a security release in order to address the following defects: + +o CVE-2017-14746 (Use-after-free vulnerability.) +o CVE-2017-15275 (Server heap memory information leak.) + + +======= +Details +======= + +o CVE-2017-14746: + All versions of Samba from 4.0.0 onwards are vulnerable to a use after + free vulnerability, where a malicious SMB1 request can be used to + control the contents of heap memory via a deallocated heap pointer. It + is possible this may be used to compromise the SMB server. + +o CVE-2017-15275: + All versions of Samba from 3.6.0 onwards are vulnerable to a heap + memory information leak, where server allocated heap memory may be + returned to the client without being cleared. + + There is no known vulnerability associated with this error, but + uncleared heap memory may contain previously used data that may help + an attacker compromise the server via other methods. Uncleared heap + memory may potentially contain password hashes or other high-value + data. + +For more details and workarounds, please see the security advisories: + + o https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-14746.html + o https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-15275.html + + +Changes since 4.6.10: +--------------------- + +o Jeremy Allison + * BUG 13041: CVE-2017-14746: s3: smbd: Fix SMB1 use-after-free crash bug. + * BUG 13077: CVE-2017-15275: s3: smbd: Chain code can return uninitialized + memory when talloc buffer is grown. + + +####################################### +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 4.6.10 November 15, 2017 @@ -66,8 +137,8 @@ database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/). ====================================================================== -Release notes for older releases follow: ----------------------------------------- +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + ============================= Release Notes for Samba 4.6.9