Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 16.10 / 17.04 : samba vulnerability (USN-3296-1) (SambaCry)
Critical Nessus Plugin ID 100411
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
Description
It was discovered that Samba incorrectly handled shared libraries. A remote attacker could use this flaw to upload a shared library to a writable share and execute arbitrary code.
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Solution
Update the affected samba package.