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SUSE-SU-2015:0371-1 Not scored

Security update for Samba

Samba has been updated to fix one security issue: * CVE-2015-0240: Don't call talloc_free on an uninitialized pointer (bnc#917376). Additionally, these non-security issues have been fixed: * Realign the winbind request structure following require_membership_of field expansion (bnc#913001). * Reuse connections derived from DFS referrals (bso#10123, fate#316512). * Set domain/workgroup based on authentication callback value (bso#11059). * Fix spoolss error response marshalling (bso#10984). * Fix spoolss EnumJobs and GetJob responses (bso#10905, bnc#898031). * Fix handling of bad EnumJobs levels (bso#10898). * Fix small memory-leak in the background print process; (bnc#899558). * Prune idle or hung connections older than 'winbind request timeout' (bso#3204, bnc#872912). Security Issues: * CVE-2015-0240 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0240>

Exploit probability Not scored
Published February 17, 2015
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

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Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2015:0371-1

Samba has been updated to fix one security issue: * CVE-2015-0240: Don't call talloc_free on an uninitialized pointer (bnc#917376). Additionally, these non-security issues have been fixed: * Realign the winbind request structure following require_membership_of field expansion (bnc#913001). * Reuse connections derived from DFS referrals (bso#10123, fate#316512). * Set domain/workgroup based on authentication callback value (bso#11059). * Fix spoolss error response marshalling (bso#10984). * Fix spoolss EnumJobs and GetJob responses (bso#10905, bnc#898031). * Fix handling of bad EnumJobs levels (bso#10898). * Fix small memory-leak in the background print process; (bnc#899558). * Prune idle or hung connections older than 'winbind request timeout' (bso#3204, bnc#872912). Security Issues: * CVE-2015-0240 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0240>

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