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SUSE: 2012:0500-1 Critical: Samba Remote Code Execution Issue

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Calendar Grey April 14, 2012
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SUSE releases a crucial Samba patch addressing a remote code execution flaw. Install the update to maintain security.
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Summary

A remote code execution flaw in Samba has been fixed: * CVE-2012-1182: PIDL based autogenerated code uses client supplied size values which allows attackers to write beyond the allocated array size Also the following bugs have been fixed: * Samba printer name marshalling problems (bnc#722663) * mount.cifs: properly update mtab during remount (bnc#747906) * s3: compile IDL files in autogen, some configure tests need this. * Fix incorrect types in the full audit VFS module. Add null terminators to audit log enums (bnc#742885) * Do not map POSIX execute permission to Windows FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES; (bso#8631); (bnc#732572). Security Issue reference: * CVE-2012-1182 Patch Instructions:

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security advisory critical software update remote code execution security patch SUSE Samba

References

#722663 #732572 #742885 #747906 #752797

Cross- CVE-2012-1182

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 GPLv3 Extras

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1182.html

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0500-1
Rating: critical

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