New samba packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, and -current to fix a security issue. A boundary failure in GETDC mailslot processing can result in a buffer overrun leading to possible code execution.

More details about the issue will become available in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6015



Here are the details from the Slackware 12.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/samba-3.0.28-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz:
Upgraded to samba-3.0.28.
Samba 3.0.28 is a security release in order to address a boundary failure
in GETDC mailslot processing that can result in a buffer overrun leading
to possible code execution.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6015
http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.0.28.html
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-99/advisory/
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com?
Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site
for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading
directly from ftp.slackware.com.

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project!

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 10.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/samba-3.0.28-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 10.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patches/packages/samba-3.0.28-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 10.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/samba-3.0.28-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 11.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/samba-3.0.28-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 12.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/samba-3.0.28-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/samba-3.0.28-i486-1.tgz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 10.0 package:
053df9ad7a4a1093312eb5a9694b608f samba-3.0.28-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz

Slackware 10.1 package:
8e71fbc64008d9a55a808207e34d0613 samba-3.0.28-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz

Slackware 10.2 package:
c7a213d933e30ac464379498a1001c73 samba-3.0.28-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz

Slackware 11.0 package:
e45fdf510d27d8fae340cdf5a3c958e5 samba-3.0.28-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz

Slackware 12.0 package:
16e70341053c75cc60868d13f5207abd samba-3.0.28-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

Slackware -current package:
6ef212b0e1c058fd968c0252af63413f samba-3.0.28-i486-1.tgz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg samba-3.0.28-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

Then, restart Samba:
# /etc/rc.d/rc.samba restart


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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key