A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - Samba: Heap-based buffer overflow. Here the announcement:
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200805-23
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Samba: Heap-based buffer overflow
Date: May 29, 2008
Bugs: #222299
ID: 200805-23
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Synopsis
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A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in Samba, allowing
for the execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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Samba is a suite of SMB and CIFS client/server programs.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-fs/samba < 3.0.28a-r1 >= 3.0.28a-r1
Description
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Alin Rad Pop (Secunia Research) reported a vulnerability in Samba
within the receive_smb_raw() function in the file lib/util_sock.c when
parsing SMB packets, possibly leading to a heap-based buffer overflow
via an overly large SMB packet.
Impact
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A remote attacker could possibly exploit this vulnerability by enticing
a user to connect to a malicious server or by sending specially crafted
packets to an nmbd server configured as a local or domain master
browser, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Samba users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-fs/samba-3.0.28a-r1"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2008-1105
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1105
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-23.xml
Concerns?
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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
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
