[olug] Samba update fixes remote root vulnerability

Adam Haeder adamh at omaha.org
Sat Mar 15 21:52:36 UTC 2003


A bug has been found in all versions of samba prior to 2.2.8 that could 
allow an attacker to gain remote root access on a machine running samba.

Samba 2.2.8 has been released to address this problem. Read the full 
report here: 
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/articles/server_security_article-6902.html

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Adam Haeder
Technical Coordinator, AIM Institute
adamh at omaha.org
(402) 345-5025 x115
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