Scientific Linux 5.X Critical: CVE-2012-0870 Samba Remote Code Execution

Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:33:07 -0600
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Subject: Security ERRATA Critical: samba on SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis: Critical: samba security update
Issue Date: 2012-02-23
CVE Numbers: CVE-2012-0870

Samba is a suite of programs used by machines to share files, printers, and
other information.

An input validation flaw was found in the way Samba handled Any Batched
(AndX) requests. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could send a
specially-crafted SMB packet to the Samba server, possibly resulting in
arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the Samba server (root).
(CVE-2012-0870)

Users of Samba are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. After installing this
update, the smb service will be restarted automatically.

SL5:
 i386
 libsmbclient-3.0.33-3.38.el5_8.i386.rpm
 libsmbclient-devel-3.0.33-3.38.el5_8.i386.rpm
 samba-3.0.33-3.38.el5_8.i386.rpm
 samba-client-3.0.33-3.38.el5_8.i386.rpm
 samba-common-3.0.33-3.38.el5_8.i386.rpm
 samba-debuginfo-3.0.33-3.38.el5_8.i386.rpm
 samba-swat-3.0.33-3.38.el5_8.i386.rpm
 x86_64
 libsmbclient-3.0.33-3.38.el5_8.i386.rpm
 libsmbclient-3.0.33-3.38.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
 libsmbclient-devel-3.0.33-3.38.el5_8.i386.rpm
 libsmbclient-devel-3.0.33-3.38.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
 samba-3.0.33-3.38.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
 samba-client-3.0.33-3.38.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
 samba-common-3.0.33-3.38.el5_8.i386.rpm
 samba-common-3.0.33-3.38.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
 samba-debuginfo-3.0.33-3.38.el5_8.i386.rpm
 samba-debuginfo-3.0.33-3.38.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
 samba-swat-3.0.33-3.38.el5_8.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team