USN-5260-3

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    USN-5260-3

    Published: 3 Feb 2022Last Modified: 29 Jun 2026

    Summary: samba vulnerability

    Details: USN-5260-1 fixed a vulnerability in Samba. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Orange Tsai discovered that the Samba vfs_fruit module incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Samba to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code as root. (CVE-2021-44142)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5260-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-44142

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: samba

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/samba?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm12

    Affected versions

    2:3.6.18-1ubuntu3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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