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Gentoo: GLSA-200407-21 High: Samba Multiple Buffer Overflows

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Calendar Grey July 29, 2004
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Samba is affected by critical vulnerabilities that facilitate remote code execution. To mitigate these risks, Gentoo users are advised to upgrade their Samba installation.
Two buffer overflows vulnerabilities were found in Samba, potentially allowing the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200407-21 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: Samba: Multiple buffer overflows Date: July 29, 2004 Bugs: #57962 ID: 200407-21

Synopsis ======= Two buffer overflows vulnerabilities were found in Samba, potentially allowing the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= Samba is a package which allows *nix systems to act as file servers for Windows computers. It also allows *nix systems to mount shares exported by a Samba/CIFS/Windows server. The Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) is a web-based configuration tool part of the Samba package.
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