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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: USN-1374-1 Moderate: Samba Denial Of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey February 24, 2012
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A critical Samba flaw impacting Ubuntu 8.04 LTS may lead to system crashes or permit the execution of unapproved code. Please ensure you update immediately.
Samba could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

Samba could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially

crafted network traffic.

Software Description:

- samba: SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix

Details:

Andy Davis discovered that Samba incorrectly handled certain AndX offsets.

A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to the server and

cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service code execution samba update instructions ubuntu

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
  samba                           3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.17

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1374-1

CVE-2012-0870

February 24, 2012

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service code execution samba update instructions ubuntu

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.17

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