New samba packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to fix security issues
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog:Samba (SSA:2015-064-01) for Slackware
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patches/packages/samba-4.1.17-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded.
This package fixes security issues since the last update:
BUG 11077: CVE-2015-0240: talloc free on uninitialized stack pointer
in netlogon server could lead to security vulnerability.
BUG 11077: CVE-2015-0240: s3-netlogon: Make sure we do not deference
a NULL pointer.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0240
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating 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 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/samba-4.1.17-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/samba-4.1.17-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/samba-4.2.0-i486-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/samba-4.2.0-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.1 package:
fffb6719ef4cfe66e17fdb6924b46d36 samba-4.1.17-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
843d5224ac74e82c633df875ca4d2386 samba-4.1.17-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware -current package:
e0af5f21bc77e20bf6ade257160cc077 n/samba-4.2.0-i486-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
f497a197850263144c211e7cd349d5bb n/samba-4.2.0-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg samba-4.1.17-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Then, if Samba is running restart it:
# /etc/rc.d/rc.samba restart
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Slackware Linux Security Team
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