Samba Security Updates Address Badlock Vulnerabilities

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Samba Security Updates Address Badlock Vulnerabilities [ 
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2016/04/12/Samba-Security-Updates-Address-Badlock-Vulnerabilities ] 
04/12/2016 05:19 PM EDT 
Original release date: April 12, 2016

The Samba Team has released security updates that address vulnerabilities, collectively known as Badlock, affecting 
both Windows operating systems and Samba in UNIX-like platforms. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow a 
remote attacker to take control of an affected system or create a denial-of-service condition.

Users and administrators are encouraged to review Samba Release News [ 
https://www.samba.org/samba/latest_news.html#4.4.2 ] and Vulnerability Note VU#813296 [ 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/813296 ] for more information and apply the necessary updates.

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