GLSA 200412-13: Samba: Integer overflow

Severity:high
Title:Samba: Integer overflow
Date:12/17/2004
Bugs: #73943
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)
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: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200412-13.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

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