Samba SMB remote code execution vulnerability

Please be aware there is a Samba remote code execution vulnerability that has been published today in Metasploit and mass exploitation is likely to follow or be used to self-propagate in the form of a worm.

The vulnerability affects all versions of Samba over the past 7 years, the open source Unix/Linux implementation of the Microsoft File and Print Sharing service, and a patch was released yesterday.

The vulnerability is triggered by connecting to a writeable file share (it can be abused as an anonymous user or with credentials) then uploading a Unix .so shared object file which is then executed on the server.

Many Linux and Unix based operating systems are vulnerable, as are products like NAS (Network Attached Storage) file servers such as Synology, mediacentres and modems etc.

CVE-2017-7494 has been assigned to this issue and reports indicate over 100,000 internet accessible systems are currently vulnerable.
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If you are unable to patch immediately, the vulnerable feature can be disabled by setting the 'nt pipe support = no' directive within the /etc/samba/smb.conf file and restarting the service.