Slackware: DSA-2023-456-02b High: Samba Directory Traversal Vulnerability
slackware
July 16, 2003
There is an off-by-one overflow in xlog() in the nfs-utils package.
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 9.0 ChangeLog: Tue Jul 15 10:42:58 PDT 2003 patches/packages/nfs-utils-1.0.4-i386-2.tgz: Fixed a bug in the new nfs-utils which can result in mountd crashing. Thanks to Andr� Muezerie for the report. WHERE TO FIND THE NEW PACKAGES: Updated package for Slackware 8.1: Updated package for Slackware 9.0: Updated package for Slackware -current: MD5 SIGNATURES: Slackware 8.1 package: d1e44efb9052b7a57fcc2ac6cad09bca nfs-utils-1.0.4-i386-2.tgz Slackware 9.0 package: aa8a044fe98e91ac2d98c570fad19bdf nfs-utils-1.0.4-i386-2.tgz Slackware -current package: a391e67cd65d082ec3ee2e1cd97c9ac1 nfs-utils-1.0.4-i486-2.tgz INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: First, if the NFS server is running, stop it: . /etc/rc.d/rc.nfsd stop Then upgrade using upgradepkg (as root): upgradepkg nfs-utils-1.0.4-i386-1.tgz Finally, restart NFS services: . /etc/rc.d/rc.nfsd start Slackware Linux Security Team slackware security@slackware.com
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