Samba 4.2.9 Available for Download

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                   Release Notes for Samba 4.2.9
                           March 8, 2016
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This is a security release in order to address the following CVEs:

o  CVE-2015-7560 (Incorrect ACL get/set allowed on symlink path)
o  CVE-2016-0771 (Out-of-bounds read in internal DNS server)

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Details
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o  CVE-2015-7560:
   All versions of Samba from 3.2.0 to 4.4.0rc3 inclusive are vulnerable to
   a malicious client overwriting the ownership of ACLs using symlinks.

   An authenticated malicious client can use SMB1 UNIX extensions to
   create a symlink to a file or directory, and then use non-UNIX SMB1
   calls to overwrite the contents of the ACL on the file or directory
   linked to.

o  CVE-2016-0771:
   All versions of Samba from 4.0.0 to 4.4.0rc3 inclusive, when deployed as
   an AD DC and choose to run the internal DNS server, are vulnerable to an
   out-of-bounds read issue during DNS TXT record handling caused by users
   with permission to modify DNS records.

   A malicious client can upload a specially constructed DNS TXT record,
   resulting in a remote denial-of-service attack. As long as the affected
   TXT record remains undisturbed in the Samba database, a targeted DNS
   query may continue to trigger this exploit.

   While unlikely, the out-of-bounds read may bypass safety checks and
   allow leakage of memory from the server in the form of a DNS TXT reply.

   By default only authenticated accounts can upload DNS records,
   as "allow dns updates = secure only" is the default.
   Any other value would allow anonymous clients to trigger this
   bug, which is a much higher risk.


Changes since 4.2.8:
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o  Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>
   * BUG 11648: CVE-2015-7560: Getting and setting Windows ACLs on symlinks can
     change permissions on link target.

o  Garming Sam <garming@catalyst.net.nz>
   * BUGs 11128, 11686: CVE-2016-0771: Read of uninitialized memory DNS TXT
     handling.

o  Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
   * BUGs 11128, 11686: CVE-2016-0771: Read of uninitialized memory DNS TXT
     handling.