Slackware 14.1 Advisory 2014-013-04 Critical: Samba Buffer Overflow
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January 14, 2014
New samba packages are available for Slackware 14.1, and -current to fix a security issue
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/samba-4.1.4-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a heap-based buffer overflow that may allow AD domain controllers to execute arbitrary code via an invalid fragment length in a DCE-RPC packet. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4408 (* Security fix *)
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Where Find New Packages
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Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 14.1 package:
4a8e846abd013a98fa4a4917796601fb samba-4.1.4-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
85bf2b6a49192e1cbfa6100d3302924d samba-4.1.4-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware -current package:
65352cf3d9e54d6a91952c0cd86e5b7b n/samba-4.1.4-i486-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
2e7f139938fba5a5ca8ae5a697311d81 n/samba-4.1.4-x86_64-1.txz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg samba-4.1.4-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Then, if Samba is running restart it: # /etc/rc.d/rc.samba restart
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