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Slackware 10.0: 2004-257-01 Critical: Samba DoS Security Update

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Calendar Grey September 14, 2004
Scroller Slackware Esm H88
Recent samba updates rectify two Denial of Service vulnerabilities in Slackware 10.0 and -current. Update your installation to boost security.
New samba packages are available for Slackware 10.0 and -current

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 10.0 ChangeLog: Mon Sep 13 17:07:20 PDT 2004 patches/packages/samba-3.0.5-i486-3.tgz: Patched two Denial of Service vulnerabilities in samba-3.0.5. For more details, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2004-0807 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2004-0808 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical DoS samba Slackware

Where Find New Packages

Updated package for Slackware 10.0:
Updated package for Slackware -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 10.0 package: a8bf821c6b6febd69dd0d1958c3b7796 samba-3.0.5-i486-3.tgz
Slackware -current package: acdaf5bc8b3777245d0ed51bcc4acec4 samba-3.0.7-i486-1.tgz

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical DoS samba Slackware

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: As root, stop the samba server: . /etc/rc.d/rc.samba stop Next, upgrade the samba package(s) with upgradepkg: upgradepkg samba-3.0.5-i486-3.tgz Finally, start samba again: . /etc/rc.d/rc.samba start