CVE-2018-1050 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2018-1050: All versions of Samba from 4.0.0 onwards are vulnerable to a denial of service attack when the RPC spoolss service is configured to be run as an external daemon. Missing input sanitization checks on some of the input parameters to spoolss RPC calls could cause the print spooler service to crash.

Affects 8 Linux releases across 8 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2018-1050 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

samba→ fixed in2:4.7.4+dfsg-2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y samba
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

samba→ fixed in2:4.7.4+dfsg-2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y samba
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

samba→ fixed in2:4.7.4+dfsg-2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y samba
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

samba→ fixed in4.7.6-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade samba
```

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

samba→ fixed in4.7.6-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade samba
```

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

samba→ fixed in4.7.6-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade samba
```

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

samba→ fixed in4.7.6-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade samba
```

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

samba→ fixed in4.7.6-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade samba
```

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