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Gentoo Linux 200711-29 High: Samba Code Execution Threat Overview

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Samba contains two buffer overflow vulnerabilities potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code, one of which is currently unfixed

Summary

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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...
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