Ubuntu Security Notice 5260-3 - USN-5260-1 fixed a vulnerability in Samba. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. 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. Continue reading...
