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Samba Bug May Allow Code Execution as Root on Linux Machines, NAS devices (CVE-2021-44142)

By James Patterson

A critical vulnerability (CVE-2021-44142) in Samba, a widely used open-source implementation of the SMB networking protocol, could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code as root on affected Samba installations.

Several updated versions of Samba have been released on Monday, fixing CVE-2021-44142 and two other flaws (1, 2), but since the software is included in most Linux and Unix-like operating systems (including Apple’s macOS and macOS Server), users of those are advised to keep an eye out for specific updates by those developer teams.

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