To all Slackware fans out there,
you might check Samba buffer overflow
security problem on Slackware 8.1
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[slackware-security] Samba buffer overflow fixed
The samba packages in Slackware 8.1 and -current have been patched to
fix
a security problem. All sites running samba should upgrade.
Here are the details from the Slackware 8.1 ChangeLog:
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Sat Mar 15 13:49:04 PST 2003
patches/packages/samba-2.2.8-i386-1.tgz: Upgraded to Samba 2.2.8.
From the Samba web site:
* (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.
(* Security fix *)
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More information may be found in the Samba release notes.
WHERE TO FIND THE NEW PACKAGES:
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Updated Samba package for Slackware 8.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/samba-2
.2.8-i386-1.tgz
Updated Samba package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/samba-2.
2.8-i386-1.tgz
MD5 SIGNATURES:
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Here are the md5sums for the packages:
Slackware 8.1 package:
be4bee0ed2c50e9313150843e41b09ad samba-2.2.8-i386-1.tgz
Slackware -current package:
940d26d3f74763524976a61f44637b22 samba-2.2.8-i386-1.tgz
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
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As root, upgrade the samba package(s) with upgradepkg:
upgradepkg samba-2.2.8-i386-1.tgz
Then, restart samba:
/etc/rc.d/rc.samba restart
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