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Slackware 2010-257-01 Critical: Samba Buffer Overflow Threat

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Calendar Grey September 15, 2010
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Updated samba packages have been released for various Slackware distributions to address a critical buffer overflow vulnerability found in sid_parse().
New samba packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix a security issue

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/samba-3.5.5-i486-1_slack13.1.txz: Upgraded. This upgrade fixes a buffer overflow in the sid_parse() function. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3069 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow samba security fix Slackware

Where Find New Packages

HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com? Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading directly from ftp.slackware.com.
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab () for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 10.0:
Updated package for Slackware 10.1:
Updated package for Slackware 10.2:
Updated package for Slackware 11.0:
Updated package for Slackware 12.0:
Updated package for Slackware 12.1:
Updated package for Slackware 12.2:
Updated package for Slackware 13.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0:
Updated package for Slackware 13.1:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 10.0 package: 5502f20ee2ed1a1a32fbf8b334f83da9 samba-3.0.37-i486-3_slack10.0.tgz
Slackware 10.1 package: 1c332ad4fc612331ca0abef922159e05 samba-3.0.37-i486-3_slack10.1.tgz
Slackware 10.2 package: 3be3f15271d7266da9b97f322f28cb34 samba-3.0.37-i486-3_slack10.2.tgz
Slackware 11.0 package: ed63f4e0a1edc71741717b23a756325b samba-3.0.37-i486-3_slack11.0.tgz
Slackware 12.0 package: edccbc5f14a2b3884774bf3239ceb7ec samba-3.0.37-i486-3_slack12.0.tgz
Slackware 12.1 package: f8987f06df8c9349723faec873591f0e samba-3.0.37-i486-3_slack12.1.tgz
Slackware 12.2 package: 9fac7009525628dc74bf16756d541038 samba-3.2.15-i486-3_slack12.2.tgz
Slackware 13.0 package: 308cadec719748b23d7af734ee4bb575 samba-3.2.15-i486-3_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: df110dce9ed62289a9d28752cf4f23d5 samba-3.2.15-x86_64-3_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package: 78cb411df7470351b601d450b3741a9b samba-3.5.5-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: 98dc05ffb1a526f9183bcd01e1d8e0b8 samba-3.5.5-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware -current package: f3a22f469f11dcd23405c12da09a33da n/samba-3.5.5-i486-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 85204741621d79c6b6bf96e04f7a06c3 n/samba-3.5.5-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow samba security fix Slackware

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg samba-3.5.5-i486-1_slack13.1.txz Then, if Samba is running restart it: # /etc/rc.d/rc.samba restart

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