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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200903-07
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Severity: Normal
Title: Samba: Data disclosure
Date: March 07, 2009
Bugs: #247620
ID: 200903-07
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Synopsis
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A missing boundary check in Samba might lead to the disclosure of
memory contents.
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 < 3.0.33 >= 3.0.33
Description
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Samba does not properly check memory boundaries when handling trans,
rans2, and nttrans requests.
Impact
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A remote attacker could send specially crafted requests to a Samba
daemon, leading to the disclosure of arbitrary memory or to a Denial of
Service.
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-3.0.33"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2008-4314
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4314
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-200903-07.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 2009 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
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