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SUSE Linux: 2012:0501-1 Critical: Samba Remote Code Execution Issue

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Calendar Grey April 14, 2012
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SUSE has released a vital update aimed at resolving a severe vulnerability in Samba, which involves an exploit related to remote code execution as noted in CVE-2021-20228.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

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 Security Issue reference: * CVE-2012-1182 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 (i586 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 3.0.32]: cifs-mount-3.0.32-0.22.1 libmsrpc-3.0.32-0.22.1 libmsrpc-devel-3.0.32-0.22.1 libsmbclient-3.0.32-0.22.1 libsmbclient-devel-3.0.32-0.22.1 samba-3.0.32-0.22.1 samba-client-3.0.32-0.22.1 samba-krb-printing-3.0.32-0.22.1 samba-python-3.0.32-0.22.1 samba-vscan-0.3.6b-42.85.22.1 samba-winbind-3.0.32-0.22.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical remote code execution SUSE Linux Samba

References

#752797

Cross- CVE-2012-1182

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2

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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0501-1
Rating: critical

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