Samba: Important nmbd Update Critical: Remote Code Execution Threat
Aug 11, 2014
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Anthony Pell
1 min read
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The keepers of Samba, an open source software package that provides Windows operability for Linux and UNIX systems, have patched a serious heap overflow vulnerability in all 4.x.x versions of the software.
The bug was in the nmbd NetBIOS name services daemon, and a hacker exploiting the flaw could run code remotely on the underlying system.
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