Red Hat: RHSA-2009-1528-01 Moderate: Samba DoS Issue Report
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October 27, 2009
Updated samba packages that fix a security issue and a bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
Summary
Samba is a suite of programs used by machines to share files, printers, and
other information.
A denial of service flaw was found in the Samba smbd daemon. An
authenticated, remote user could send a specially-crafted response that
would cause an smbd child process to enter an infinite loop. An
authenticated, remote user could use this flaw to exhaust system resources
by opening multiple CIFS sessions. (CVE-2009-2906)
This update also fixes the following bug:
* the RHSA-2007:0354 update added code to escape input passed to scripts
that are run by Samba. This code was missing "c" from the list of valid
characters, causing it to be escaped. With this update, the previous patch
has been updated to include "c" in the list of valid characters.
(BZ#242754)
Users of Samba should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a
backported patch to correct this issue. After installing this update,
the smb service will be restarted automatically.
References
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2906 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:
Source:
i386:
samba-3.0.9-1.3E.16.i386.rpm
samba-client-3.0.9-1.3E.16.i386.rpm
samba-common-3.0.9-1.3E.16.i386.rpm
samba-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.3E.16.i386.rpm
samba-swat-3.0.9-1.3E.16.i386.rpm
ia64:
samba-3.0.9-1.3E.16.i386.rpm
samba-3.0.9-1.3E.16.ia64.rpm
samba-client-3.0.9-1.3E.16.ia64.rpm
samba-common-3.0.9-1.3E.16.i386.rpm
samba-common-3.0.9-1.3E.16.ia64.rpm
samba-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.3E.16.i386.rpm
samba-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.3E.16.ia64.rpm
samba-swat-3.0.9-1.3E.16.ia64.rpm
ppc:
samba-3.0.9-1.3E.16.ppc.rpm
samba-3.0.9-1.3E.16.ppc64.rpm
samba-client-3.0.9-1.3E.16.ppc.rpm
samba-common-3.0.9-1.3E.16.ppc.rpm
samba-common-3.0.9-1.3E.16.ppc64.rpm
samba-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.3E.16.ppc.rpm
samba-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.3E.16.ppc64.rpm
samba-swat-3.0.9-1.3E.16.ppc.rpm
s390:
samba-3.0.9-1.3E.16.s390.rpm
samba-client-3.0.9-1.3E.16.s390.rpm
samba-common-3.0.9-1.3E.16.s390.rpm
samba-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.3E.16.s390.rpm
samba-swat-3.0.9-1.3E.16.s390.rpm
s390x:
samba-3.0.9-1.3E.16.s390.rpm
samba-3.0.9-1.3E.16.s390x.rpm
samba-client-3.0.9-1.3E.16.s390x.rpm
samba-common-3.0.9-1.3E.16.s390.rpm
samba-common-3.0.9-1.3E.16.s390x.rpm
samba-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.3E.16.s390.rpm
samba-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.3E.16.s390x.rpm
samba-swat-3.0.9-1.3E.16.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:1528-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1528.html
Issue date: 2009-10-27
Topic
Updated samba packages that fix a security issue and a bug are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
242754 - Missing character bug in latest security patches
526645 - CVE-2009-2906 samba: infinite loop flaw in smbd on unexpected oplock break notification reply
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