1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-680-1

USN-680-1: Samba vulnerability

Publication date

27 November 2008

Overview

Samba vulnerability

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that Samba did not properly perform bounds checking
in certain operations. A remote attacker could possibly exploit this to
read arbitrary memory contents of the smb process, which could contain
sensitive infomation or possibly have other impacts, such as a denial of
service.

It was discovered that Samba did not properly perform bounds checking
in certain operations. A remote attacker could possibly exploit this to
read arbitrary memory contents of the smb process, which could contain
sensitive infomation or possibly have other impacts, such as a denial of
service.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
8.10 intrepid samba –  2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.3

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