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From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen (jaervosz@gentoo.org)
Date: Fri Dec 17 2004 - 15:08:10 EST

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200412-13
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  Severity: High
     Title: Samba: Integer overflow
      Date: December 17, 2004
      Bugs: #73943
        ID: 200412-13

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Synopsis
========

Samba contains a bug that could lead to remote execution of arbitrary
code.

Background
==========

Samba is a freely available SMB/CIFS implementation which allows
seamless interoperability of file and print services to other SMB/CIFS
clients.

Affected packages
=================

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     Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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  1 net-fs/samba <= 3.0.9 >= 3.0.9-r1

Description
===========

Samba contains a bug when unmarshalling specific MS-RPC requests from
clients.

Impact
======

A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the
permissions of the user running Samba, which could be the root user.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All samba users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-fs/samba-3.0.9-r1"

References
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  [ 1 ] CAN 2004-1154
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1154
  [ 2 ] Samba Announcement
        http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CAN-2004-1154.html

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200412-13.xml

Concerns?
=========

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 2004 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/2.0

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