GLSA 200412-13: Samba: Integer overflow
Severity: | high |
Title: | Samba: Integer overflow |
Date: | 12/17/2004 |
Bugs: |
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ID: | 200412-13 |
Synopsis
Samba contains a bug that could lead to remote execution of arbitrary code.Background
Samba is a freely available SMB/CIFS implementation which allows seamless interoperability of file and print services to other SMB/CIFS clients.
Affected packages
Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
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net-fs/samba | <= 3.0.9 | >= 3.0.9-r1 | All supported architectures |
Description
Samba contains a bug when unmarshalling specific MS-RPC requests from clients.
Impact
A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Samba, which could be the root user.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All samba users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-fs/samba-3.0.9-r1"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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