news 28 Posted November 29, 2008 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] samba (SSA:2008-333-01) New samba packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix a possible security vulnerability involving the reading of uninitialized memory. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4314 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/samba-3.0.33-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz: Upgraded to samba-3.0.33. This package fixes an important barrier against rogue clients reading from uninitialized memory (though no proof-of-concept is known to exist). For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4314 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com? Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading directly from ftp.slackware.com. Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://osuosl.org) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-) Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for additional mirror sites near you. Updated package for Slackware 10.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/samba-3.0.33-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 10.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patches/packages/samba-3.0.33-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware 10.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/samba-3.0.33-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz Updated package for Slackware 11.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/samba-3.0.33-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/samba-3.0.33-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/samba-3.0.33-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/samba-3.2.5-i486-1.tgz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 10.0 package: a90a8fd813146cb6bb58d520adaacecb samba-3.0.33-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz Slackware 10.1 package: 122db4c6b6130153241d77a5ead9d30c samba-3.0.33-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz Slackware 10.2 package: a389443adc7527b28ca73a3314a30fb4 samba-3.0.33-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz Slackware 11.0 package: 2cb3d95561155b33977f7a9e6cfd73e6 samba-3.0.33-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Slackware 12.0 package: e686f28eee66cc709d829605c607abe4 samba-3.0.33-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Slackware 12.1 package: 2093828315cb481b6da985cb8520a383 samba-3.0.33-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Slackware -current package: 5eab5ecb3e61ea4fa4e51c16a1c227ad samba-3.2.5-i486-1.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg samba-3.0.33-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Then, restart the samba server: sh /etc/rc.d/rc.samba restart +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security ( -at -) slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Share this post Link to post
