[Cooker] STOP THE PRESS: samba critical remote root vulnerability !!!

[Mircea Ciocan]

	Please don't let this go as is, hope is stil time:

(14th Mar, 2003) Security Release - Samba 2.2.8

A flaw has been detected in the Samba main smbd code which could allow 
an external attacker to remotely and anonymously gain Super User (root) 
privileges on a server running a Samba server. This flaw exists in 
previous versions of Samba from 2.0.x to 2.2.7a inclusive. This is a 
serious problem and all sites should either upgrade to Samba 2.2.8 
immediately or prohibit access to TCP ports 139 and 445. The Release 
Notes are available on-line.

In addition to addressing this security issue, Samba 2.2.8 includes many 
unrelated improvements. These improvements result from our process of 
continuous quality assurance and code review, and are part of the Samba 
team's committment to excellence.

	Mircea C.