Stilgar
8th April 2003, 20:04
Security Advisory - RHSA-2003:137-09
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Summary:
New samba packages fix security vulnerability
Updated Samba packages that fix a security vulnerability are now available
for Red Hat Linux 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, and 9. Packages for Red Hat Linux 7.1
will be added shortly.
Description:
Samba is a suite of utilities which provide file and printer sharing
services to SMB/CIFS clients.
A security vulnerability has been found in versions of Samba up to and
including 2.2.8. An anonymous user could exploit the vulnerability to
gain root access on the target machine. Note that this is a different
vulnerability than the one fixed by RHSA-2003:095.
An exploit for this vulnerability is publicly available.
All users of Samba are advised to update to the packages listed in this
erratum, which contain a backported patch correcting this vulnerability.
References:
http://www.digitaldefense.net/labs/advisories/DDI-1013.txt
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Summary:
New samba packages fix security vulnerability
Updated Samba packages that fix a security vulnerability are now available
for Red Hat Linux 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, and 9. Packages for Red Hat Linux 7.1
will be added shortly.
Description:
Samba is a suite of utilities which provide file and printer sharing
services to SMB/CIFS clients.
A security vulnerability has been found in versions of Samba up to and
including 2.2.8. An anonymous user could exploit the vulnerability to
gain root access on the target machine. Note that this is a different
vulnerability than the one fixed by RHSA-2003:095.
An exploit for this vulnerability is publicly available.
All users of Samba are advised to update to the packages listed in this
erratum, which contain a backported patch correcting this vulnerability.
References:
http://www.digitaldefense.net/labs/advisories/DDI-1013.txt