Gentoo: GLSA-200404-21 Important: Samba Local Root Privilege Escalation

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200404-21 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Samba Date: April 29, 2004 Bugs: #41800, #45965 ID: 200404-21

Synopsis ======= There is a bug in smbfs which may allow local users to gain root via a setuid file on a mounted Samba share. Also, there is a tmpfile symlink vulnerability in the smbprint script distributed with Samba.
Background ========= Samba is a package which allows UNIX systems to act as file servers for Windows computers. It also allows UNIX systems to mount shares exported by a Samba/CIFS/Windows server. smbmount is a program in the Samba package which allows normal users on a UNIX system to mount remote shares. smbprint is an example script included in the Samba package which can be used to facilitate network printing.
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