| Beschreibung: | Description:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory CLA-2003:615.
Samba provides SMB/CIFS services (such as file and printer sharing)
used by clients compatible with Microsoft Windows(TM).
The SuSE Security Team performed a security audit in parts of the
Samba project code and found various problems in both the client and
server implementations. Among these problems is a buffer overflow[1]
vulnerability in the packet fragment re-assembly code. A remote
attacker who is able to connect to the samba server may gain root
privileges on it by exploiting this vulnerability.
The vulnerability also affects the client library code, thus it is
possible to exploit applications which use samba library functions by
using a malicious samba server to send traffic to them.
Additionally, a race condition[2] was discovered which could allow a
local attacker to overwrite critical system files.
In Conectiva Linux versions 7.0 and 8 samba is being upgraded to the
latest stable version: 2.2.8. This version fixes the above
vulnerabilities and includes several other fixes and additional
features[3]. In Conectiva Linux 6.0, a patch with fixes the above
vulnerabilities was applied to the package originally distributed,
keeping samba in its original version (2.0.9).
Solution:
The apt tool can be used to perform RPM package upgrades
by running 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get upgrade'
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0085
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0086
http://www.samba.org/samba/whatsnew/samba-2.2.8.html
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=CLA-2003:615
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=002003
Risk factor : Critical
CVSS Score:
10.0
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