Security update for Samba (package samba-classic)
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SuSE Linux Office Server
Package: samba-classic
Release: 20030407
Obsoletes: none
update.
The flaw is a stack overflow and may allow a remote attacker to gain root access to a system running a samba server.
This package includes the binaries for classic, smbpasswd file based authentication.
It is recommended to immediately install the update package as provided.
rpm -Fvh samba-classic.rpm
This update is provided as an RPM package that can easily be installed onto a running system by using this command:
rcsmb try-restart
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