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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200702-01 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Samba: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: February 13, 2007 |
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Bugs: #165549 |
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ID: 200702-01 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple flaws exist in the Samba suite of programs, the most serious |
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of which could result in the execution of arbitrary code. |
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Background |
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Samba is a suite of SMB and CIFS client/server programs for UNIX. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 net-fs/samba < 3.0.24 >= 3.0.24 |
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Description |
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A format string vulnerability exists in the VFS module when handling |
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AFS file systems and an infinite loop has been discovered when handling |
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file rename operations. |
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Impact |
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A user with permission to write to a shared AFS file system may be able |
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to compromise the smbd process and execute arbitrary code with the |
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permissions of the daemon. The infinite loop could be abused to consume |
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excessive resources on the smbd host, denying service to legitimate |
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users. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All Samba users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-fs/samba-3.0.24" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2007-0452 |
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http://samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2007-0452.html |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2007-0454 |
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http://samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2007-0454.html |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-01.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |