Regression in USN 544-1 causes nmbd crash after update
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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samba |
Fix Released
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Critical
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samba (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Critical
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Jamie Strandboge | ||
Dapper |
Fix Released
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Critical
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Jamie Strandboge | ||
Edgy |
Fix Released
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Critical
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Jamie Strandboge |
Bug Description
A security update deployed with USN 544-1 caused a regression which may prevent the Samba service from starting in some configurations. The symptom of this regression is a segmentation fault when the nmbd daemon starts. If you are affected by the regression, available workarounds include:
* Revert to the old version of the samba package, using the following command: sudo apt-get install samba=3.
* Modify clients to use the cifs filesystem (e.g. in /etc/fstab) in place of the deprecated smbfs filesystem
The security issue fixed is not believed to be serious (denial of service only), and so it is recommended that users do not install the update at this time due to the risk of regression. Further downloads of the affected files from the security archive have been disabled for this reason.
The security team is preparing a new update to fix the regression, and more information will be posted here when it is available.
CVE References
Changed in samba: | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in samba: | |
assignee: | nobody → jamie-strandboge |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in samba: | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Changed in samba: | |
assignee: | nobody → jamie-strandboge |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
status: | New → In Progress |
assignee: | nobody → jamie-strandboge |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in samba: | |
status: | Unknown → In Progress |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Changed in samba: | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
Changed in samba: | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
Changed in samba: | |
importance: | Unknown → Critical |
I'm having exact the same problem since the upgrade this morning.
Greetings.