rhsa-2003_138
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2003-04-07 18:38
Modified
2024-11-21 22:44
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: samba security update

Notes

Topic
Updated Samba packages that fix a security vulnerability are now available.
Details
Samba is a suite of utilities which provides file and printer sharing services to SMB/CIFS clients. A security vulnerability has been found in versions of Samba up to and including 2.2.8. An anonymous user could exploit the vulnerability to gain root access on the target machine. Note that this is a different vulnerability than the one fixed by RHSA-2003:096. An exploit for this vulnerability is publicly available. All users of Samba are advised to update to the packages listed in this erratum, which contain a backported patch correcting this vulnerability.
Terms of Use
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