Security update for Samba

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(Last modified: 13DEC2007)

solutions Security update for Samba SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (12762fbdd93057e12e8ebae9ec19eaa1)

Applies to

Package: cifs-mount
ldapsmb
libmsrpc
libmsrpc-devel
libsmbclient
libsmbclient-devel
libsmbsharemodes
libsmbsharemodes-devel
samba
samba-client
samba-devel
samba-doc
samba-krb-printing
samba-pdb
samba-python
samba-utils
samba-vscan
samba-winbind
samba-wrepl
Product(s): SUSE CORE 9 for x86
SUSE CORE 9 for Itanium Processor Family
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM POWER
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM S/390 31bit
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM zSeries 64bit
SUSE CORE 9 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
Novell Linux POS 9
Open Enterprise Server
Novell Linux Desktop 9 for x86
Novell Linux Desktop 9 for x86_64
Patch: patch-12021
Release: 20071213
Obsoletes: none

Indications

Everyone should install this update.

Contraindications

None.

Description

This update of samba fixes a buffer overflow in function send_mailslot() that allows to overwrite the stack with zero-bytes. (CVE-2007-6015)

Installation notes

This update is provided as RPM packages that can easily be installed onto a running system by using this command:

rpm -Fvh cifs-mount.rpm ldapsmb.rpm libmsrpc.rpm libmsrpc-devel.rpm libsmbclient.rpm libsmbclient-devel.rpm libsmbsharemodes.rpm libsmbsharemodes-devel.rpm samba.rpm samba-client.rpm samba-devel.rpm samba-doc.rpm samba-krb-printing.rpm samba-pdb.rpm samba-python.rpm samba-utils.rpm samba-vscan.rpm samba-winbind.rpm samba-wrepl.rpm

links to download packages

Download Source Packages

Download the source code of the patches for maintained products.

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