Slackware 12.2: SSA:2009-005-01 Critical: Samba Security Patch

Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/samba-3.2.7-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz: Upgraded to samba-3.2.7. This fixes a security issue. From the WHATSNEW.txt file: "This is a security release in order to address CVE-2009-0022. o CVE-2009-0022 In Samba 3.2.0 to 3.2.6, in setups with registry shares enabled, access to the root filesystem ("/") is granted when connecting to a share called "" (empty string) using old versions of smbclient (before 3.0.28). The original security announcement for this and past advisories can be found " For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0022 (* Security fix *)