Netwosix alert NW-2004-0015 (samba)

From:
    	     
 
Vincenzo Ciaglia <ciaglia@netwosix.org>
To:
    	     
 
announce@netwosix.org
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LNSA-#2004-0015: buffer overflow in samba (Jul, 23 2004)
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Fri, 23 Jul 2004 18:21:17 +0200
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bugtraq@securityfocus.com,
 lwn@lwn.net,
 bproffitt@jupitermedia.com

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Netwosix Linux Security Advisory #2004-0015 <http://www.netwosix.org>
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Package name:      samba
Summary:              buffer overflow
Date:                    2004-07-23
Affected versions:  Netwosix 1.1 Netwosix 1.1
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- -> Package description:
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Samba is an Open Source/Free Software suite that provides seamless file and 
print services to SMB/CIFS clients. Samba is freely available under the GNU 
General Public License.

- -> Problem description:
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Buffer overflow in Samba 2.2.x to 2.2.9, and 3.0.0 to 3.0.4, when the 
"mangling method = hash" option is enabled in smb.conf, has unknown impact 
and attack vectors. 
Buffer overflow in the Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) in Samba 3.0.2 to 
3.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an invalid 
base-64 character during HTTP basic authentication.

- -> Action:
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  We recommend that all systems with this package installed be upgraded.
  Please note that if you do not need the functionality provided by this
  package, you may want to remove it from your system.

- -> Location:
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  You can download the latest version of this package in NEPOTE format from:
  <http://download.netwosix.org/0015/nepote>

- -> Nepote Update:
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See this instructions to update the port of this package:

        # cd $somewhere
        # wget http://download.netwosix.org/0015/nepote
        # sh nepote (to install the new and updated package)

- -> References
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   Specific references for this advisory:
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0686
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0600
	

- -> About Linux Netwosix:
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Linux Netwosix is a powerful and optimized Linux distribution for servers
and Network Security related jobs.  It can also be used for special operations
such as penetration testing with its big collection of security oriented
software and sources. It's a light distribution created for the requirements
of every SysAdmin and it's very portable and highly configurable. Our
philosophy is to give greater liberty for  configuration to the SysAdmin.
Only in this way can he/she configure a powerful and stable server machine.
Linux Netwosix also has a powerful ports system (Nepote) similar to the xBSD
systems but more flexible and usable.


- -> Questions?
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  Check out our mailing lists:
  <http://www.netwosix.org/mailing.html>


  The advisory itself is available at
  <http://www.netwosix.org/adv15.html>
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MD5sums of the packages:
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7c905b0787ddb8600b12c8f6bd00aca0  0015/nepote
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- -- 
Vincenzo Ciaglia
Linux Netwosix Team <http://www.netwosix.org>
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