On Sat Mar 15, 2003 at 06:58:35PM -0800, Quel Qun wrote:

> > > 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.
> > 
> > It's already been taken care of. The current one for mandrake 9.1 should have 
> > been pached for this already.
> Can't find anything in the changelog, though.

And you won't.  Not until you get the 9.1 ISOs or until it is updated in
cooker.  I built packages for this earlier this week and they are in the 9.1
master ISOs but because it was, at the time, non-public, it did not make it
in cooker.

In other words, right now, cooker is vulnerable.  MDKSA-2003:032 outlines
some precautions to take until you can get a patched version (or grab the
9.0 updates and rebuild it).  9.1 fresh installs will not have to worry.

I suspect Sylvestre will build 2.2.8 for cooker when it's unfrozen or
possibly sooner.

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