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Debian: DSA-2450-1 Critical Samba Remote Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey April 12, 2012
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A vulnerability in Samba permits remote command execution with superuser privileges via an unauthenticated connection. Users of Debian are advised to perform immediate updates.
It was discovered that Samba, the SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server, contained a flaw in the remote procedure call (RPC) code which allowed remote code execution as the super ...
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Summary

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 2:3.5.6~dfsg-3squeeze7.

For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem will be fixed soon.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2:3.6.4-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your samba packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: samba
CVE ID: CVE-2012-1182

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