Gentoo Linux 200711-29 High: Samba Code Execution Threat Overview
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November 20, 2007
Samba contains two buffer overflow vulnerabilities potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code, one of which is currently unfixed
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200711-29
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: High
Title: Samba: Execution of arbitrary code
Date: November 20, 2007
Bugs: #197519
ID: 200711-29
Synopsis
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Samba contains two buffer overflow vulnerabilities potentially
resulting in the execution of arbitrary code, one of which is currently
unfixed.
Background
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Samba is a suite of SMB and CIFS client/server programs for UNIX.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-fs/samba < 3.0.26a-r2 >= 3.0.26a-r2
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Two vulnerabilities have been reported in nmbd. Alin Rad Pop (Secunia
Research) discovered...Read the Full Advisory
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