____________________________________________________________________________ SuSE Security Announcement Package: samba Announcement-ID: SuSE-SA:2003:025 Date: Monday, Apr 7th 2003 21:00 MEST Affected products: 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2 SuSE Linux Database Server, SuSE eMail Server III, 3.1 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7, 8 SuSE Linux Firewall on CD/Admin host SuSE Linux Connectivity Server SuSE Linux Office Server Vulnerability Type: remote root access Severity (1-10): 7 SuSE default package: no Cross References: CAN-2003-0201 Content of this advisory: 1) security vulnerability resolved: samba problem description, discussion, solution and upgrade information 2) pending vulnerabilities, solutions, workarounds: - glibc - vnc 3) standard appendix (further information) ____________________________________________________________________________ 1) problem description, brief discussion, solution, upgrade information Digital Defense Inc. have discovered a buffer overflow in the samba file server, the widely spread implementation of the SMB protocol. The flaw allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on a server that runs a vulnerable version of samba. The vulnerability is known as DDI trans2.c overflow bug and is assigned the CVE ID CAN-2003-0201. Since this vulnerability was found during an analysis of an exploit happening in the wild, it should be assumed that exploits are circulating in the internet. A possible workaround is to restrict access using the "hosts allow" directive in the smb.conf file to a group of trusted hosts/addresses that should be able to access the server. Please see the sbm.conf(5) manpage ("man smb.conf") for more details about such configuration changes. It should be noted that each change of the configuration requires restarting/reloading the samba daemon ("rcsmb reload"). The only efficient and permanent remedy for the vulnerability should be to install the provided update packages from locations as listed below. It should be noted that this announcement is not a re-release of SuSE Security Announcement SuSE-SA:2003:016. While the update packages that are subject of this announcement (SuSE-SA:2003:025) also cover the problems fixed with SuSE-SA:2003:016, it announces fixes for a different vulnerability in addition. Therefore, the update packages must be installed again. Please note that the package names for SuSE products vary for different products. There exist the following pairings: server client ---------------------------- samba smbclnt samba samba-client samba-classic samba-classic-client samba-ldap samba-ldap-client To find out which packages are installed on your system, you may run the following command: rpm -qa|egrep '(samba|smbclnt)' Please download the update package for your distribution and verify its integrity by the methods listed in section 3) of this announcement. Then, install the package using the command "rpm -Fhv file.rpm" to apply the update. Our maintenance customers are being notified individually. The packages are being offered to install from the maintenance web. SPECIAL INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS: ============================== After successfully installing the update packages, you should restart the samba server process(es) to make the changes in the system effective. If you do not have a samba server running on your system, no further action is required. If you have a samba server running, please run the following command as root: rcsmb try-restart This will restart the samba daemon(s) if such daemon(s) are already running. Intel i386 Platform: SuSE-8.2: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm/i586/samba-2.2.7a-72.i586.rpm 40d47bed1d286f77d61503d93b48e276 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm/i586/samba-client-2.2.7a-72.i586.rpm e6da6fc3da94548d8460f43193a493c9 patch rpm(s): ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm/i586/samba-2.2.7a-72.i586.patch.rpm 3105a12895ca956b4ab29c15dbfdc1d2 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm/i586/samba-client-2.2.7a-72.i586.patch.rpm d0418a25a2ea67c9577e23597a4c272d source rpm(s): ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm/src/samba-2.2.7a-72.src.rpm 3e8dc087f8574f3d1259e020d6c005a6 SuSE-8.1: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/i586/samba-2.2.5-178.i586.rpm 684d7a7fff1f397736e3298d5a8c583d ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/i586/samba-client-2.2.5-178.i586.rpm 7d9d9da83c5b8e6f049a5eb9a36d05e2 patch rpm(s): ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/i586/samba-2.2.5-178.i586.patch.rpm 905b3c3c4803457738aed00892d854bb ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/i586/samba-client-2.2.5-178.i586.patch.rpm 130d01b588d36576e1fbbce573a9bc86 source rpm(s): ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/src/samba-2.2.5-178.src.rpm 71b90b54594f9e392cd5dcd5d750496a SuSE-8.0: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.0/n2/samba-2.2.3a-172.i386.rpm a9ab49893027c3acd665e59ccecb6231 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.0/n1/samba-client-2.2.3a-172.i386.rpm 4920d2f7edbf66b8196133469d32fd24 patch rpm(s): ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.0/n2/samba-2.2.3a-172.i386.patch.rpm bbde3c06e09d37def8f035161b8c932d ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.0/n1/samba-client-2.2.3a-172.i386.patch.rpm 70228df7686f1494fc44cbaa838720bf source rpm(s): ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.0/zq1/samba-2.2.3a-172.src.rpm eb8d2a7e6b8f43d19388f28afa1b9812 SuSE-7.3: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.3/n2/samba-2.2.1a-220.i386.rpm 965b260e660224d61c16ffb78a47fdfa ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.3/n1/samba-client-2.2.1a-220.i386.rpm bf20ce9c220f9a939aa43e2445a2142e source rpm(s): ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.3/zq1/samba-2.2.1a-220.src.rpm bac7ada7dc2e3b5e238211fb181f4e32 SuSE-7.2: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.2/n2/samba-2.2.0a-52.i386.rpm 210da4fa4e1d601e78236d93e6abf5ac ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.2/n1/smbclnt-2.2.0a-52.i386.rpm be819b970c2238a6d3c89e9f7f6dcb5f source rpm(s): ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.2/zq1/samba-2.2.0a-52.src.rpm b04e7eec150c1ba519605b522e1da25b SuSE-7.1: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.1/n2/samba-2.0.10-32.i386.rpm de27cbd77c32d2d29e77a518ca09c60d ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.1/n1/smbclnt-2.0.10-32.i386.rpm b020a46952c87b61d66cbc38c340155e source rpm(s): ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.1/zq1/samba-2.0.10-32.src.rpm 45e6245a2fe47c430104671f41dc1a80 Sparc Platform: SuSE-7.3: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/update/7.3/n2/samba-2.2.1a-76.sparc.rpm 2fa50186e7ff2ecb2f8ddebf2355efe4 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/update/7.3/n1/samba-client-2.2.1a-76.sparc.rpm 057d67ddd8fc56a82fe592dcb4928e7e source rpm(s): ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/update/7.3/zq1/samba-2.2.1a-76.src.rpm 7bcdd1c7a782f311292ca5214422fdc5 AXP Alpha Platform: SuSE-7.1: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/7.1/n2/samba-2.0.10-23.alpha.rpm 6f88500a14ac86a6692788331b7aa626 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/7.1/n1/smbclnt-2.0.10-23.alpha.rpm a4444318b224b42137f017c0840ecd0f source rpm(s): ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/7.1/zq1/samba-2.0.10-23.src.rpm 5c15b09bc46cb550a320575bc833daf5 PPC Power PC Platform: SuSE-7.3: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.3/n2/samba-2.2.1a-150.ppc.rpm 5018c3418c8706a29e8f036eb006922f ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.3/n1/samba-client-2.2.1a-150.ppc.rpm bd02b033055f87b5f4325e1a6bd4dca7 source rpm(s): ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.3/zq1/samba-2.2.1a-150.src.rpm 88c8a521103ae268843b951c0ca36669 SuSE-7.1: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.1/n2/samba-2.0.10-24.ppc.rpm f78fe93753c2e230ab4c870bffe5a7f2 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.1/n1/smbclnt-2.0.10-24.ppc.rpm 17def1f1b5a3514252187a9a0b250bf9 source rpm(s): ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.1/zq1/samba-2.0.10-24.src.rpm 926faf6542829ac64325965f18d1ba82 ____________________________________________________________________________ 2) Pending vulnerabilities in SuSE Distributions and Workarounds: - glibc New glibc packages will be available soon which fix a RPC XDR integer overflow. The packages are currently being tested. - vnc VNC (Virtual Network Computing) uses a weak cookie generation process which can be exploited by an attacker to bypass authentication. New packages are currently being tested and will be available on our FTP servers soon. ____________________________________________________________________________ 3) standard appendix: authenticity verification, additional information - Package authenticity verification: SuSE update packages are available on many mirror ftp servers all over the world. While this service is being considered valuable and important to the free and open source software community, many users wish to be sure about the origin of the package and its content before installing the package. There are two verification methods that can be used independently from each other to prove the authenticity of a downloaded file or rpm package: 1) md5sums as provided in the (cryptographically signed) announcement. 2) using the internal gpg signatures of the rpm package. 1) execute the command md5sum <name-of-the-file.rpm> after you downloaded the file from a SuSE ftp server or its mirrors. Then, compare the resulting md5sum with the one that is listed in the announcement. Since the announcement containing the checksums is cryptographically signed (usually using the key security@suse.de), the checksums show proof of the authenticity of the package. We disrecommend to subscribe to security lists which cause the email message containing the announcement to be modified so that the signature does not match after transport through the mailing list software. Downsides: You must be able to verify the authenticity of the announcement in the first place. If RPM packages are being rebuilt and a new version of a package is published on the ftp server, all md5 sums for the files are useless. 2) rpm package signatures provide an easy way to verify the authenticity of an rpm package. Use the command rpm -v --checksig <file.rpm> to verify the signature of the package, where <file.rpm> is the filename of the rpm package that you have downloaded. Of course, package authenticity verification can only target an un-installed rpm package file. Prerequisites: a) gpg is installed b) The package is signed using a certain key. The public part of this key must be installed by the gpg program in the directory ~/.gnupg/ under the user's home directory who performs the signature verification (usually root). You can import the key that is used by SuSE in rpm packages for SuSE Linux by saving this announcement to a file ("announcement.txt") and running the command (do "su -" to be root): gpg --batch; gpg < announcement.txt | gpg --import SuSE Linux distributions version 7.1 and thereafter install the key "build@suse.de" upon installation or upgrade, provided that the package gpg is installed. The file containing the public key is placed at the top-level directory of the first CD (pubring.gpg) and at ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/pubring.gpg-build.suse.de . - SuSE runs two security mailing lists to which any interested party may subscribe: suse-security@suse.com - general/linux/SuSE security discussion. All SuSE security announcements are sent to this list. To subscribe, send an email to <suse-security-subscribe@suse.com>. suse-security-announce@suse.com - SuSE's announce-only mailing list. Only SuSE's security announcements are sent to this list. To subscribe, send an email to <suse-security-announce-subscribe@suse.com>. For general information or the frequently asked questions (faq) send mail to: <suse-security-info@suse.com> or <suse-security-faq@suse.com> respectively. ===================================================================== SuSE's security contact is <security@suse.com> or <security@suse.de>. The <security@suse.de> public key is listed below. ===================================================================== ____________________________________________________________________________ The information in this advisory may be distributed or reproduced, provided that the advisory is not modified in any way. In particular, it is desired that the clear-text signature shows proof of the authenticity of the text. SuSE Linux AG makes no warranties of any kind whatsoever with respect to the information contained in this security advisory. Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 2048R/3D25D3D9 1999-03-06 SuSE Security Team <security@suse.de> pub 1024D/9C800ACA 2000-10-19 SuSE Package Signing Key <build@suse.de> Roman Drahtmüller, SuSE Security. - -- - - | Roman Drahtmüller <draht@suse.de> // "You don't need eyes to see, | SuSE Linux AG - Security Phone: // you need vision!" | Nürnberg, Germany +49-911-740530 // Maxi Jazz, Faithless | - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [slackware-security] Samba security problem fixed The samba packages in Slackware 8.1 and 9.0 have been upgraded to Samba 2.2.8a to fix a security problem. All sites running samba should upgrade. Here are the details from the Slackware 9.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ Mon Apr 7 14:26:53 PDT 2003 patches/packages/samba-2.2.8a-i386-1.tgz: Upgraded to samba-2.2.8a. From the samba-2.2.8a WHATSNEW.txt: **************************************** * IMPORTANT: Security bugfix for Samba * **************************************** Digital Defense, Inc. has alerted the Samba Team to a serious vulnerability in all stable versions of Samba currently shipping. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned the ID CAN-2003-0201 to this defect. This vulnerability, if exploited correctly, leads to an anonymous user gaining root access on a Samba serving system. All versions of Samba up to and including Samba 2.2.8 are vulnerable. An active exploit of the bug has been reported in the wild. Alpha versions of Samba 3.0 and above are NOT vulnerable. (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ More information may be found in the Samba 2.2.8a release notes. WHERE TO FIND THE NEW PACKAGES: +-----------------------------+ Updated Samba package for Slackware 8.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/samba-2.2.8a-i386-1.tgz Updated Samba package for Slackware 9.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/samba-2.2.8a-i386-1.tgz MD5 SIGNATURES: +-------------+ Here are the md5sums for the packages: Slackware 8.1 package: 875ef129196f56d71c833911f3156cd5 samba-2.2.8a-i386-1.tgz/ Slackware 9.0 package: d1d2b689b79a1a8dfc0ee34fd390e72c samba-2.2.8a-i386-1.tgz/ INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: +------------------------+ As root, stop the samba server: . /etc/rc.d/rc.samba stop Next, upgrade the samba package(s) with upgradepkg: upgradepkg samba-2.2.8a-i386-1.tgz/ Finally, start samba again: . /etc/rc.d/rc.samba start +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security@slackware.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: New samba packages fix security vulnerability Advisory ID: RHSA-2003:137-01 Issue date: 2003-04-08 Updated on: 2003-04-08 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: smb Cross references: Obsoletes: RHSA-2003:095 CVE Names: CAN-2003-0196 CAN-2003-0201 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Topic: Updated Samba packages that fix a security vulnerability are now available for Red Hat Linux 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, and 9. Packages for Red Hat Linux 7.1 will be added shortly. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Linux 7.2 - i386, ia64 Red Hat Linux 7.3 - i386 Red Hat Linux 8.0 - i386 Red Hat Linux 9 - i386 3. Problem description: Samba is a suite of utilities which provide 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-2003:095. 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. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run: rpm -Fvh [filenames] where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory only contains the desired RPMs. Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. 5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla for more info): 86307 - Netlogon causes DoS since upgrade to latest update 82041 - ignores wide links, serving files which shouldn't be served 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Linux 7.2: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/SRPMS/samba-2.2.7-3.7.2.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/samba-2.2.7-3.7.2.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/samba-common-2.2.7-3.7.2.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/samba-client-2.2.7-3.7.2.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/samba-swat-2.2.7-3.7.2.i386.rpm ia64: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/samba-2.2.7-3.7.2.ia64.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/samba-common-2.2.7-3.7.2.ia64.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/samba-client-2.2.7-3.7.2.ia64.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/samba-swat-2.2.7-3.7.2.ia64.rpm Red Hat Linux 7.3: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/samba-2.2.7-3.7.3.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/samba-2.2.7-3.7.3.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/samba-common-2.2.7-3.7.3.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/samba-client-2.2.7-3.7.3.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/samba-swat-2.2.7-3.7.3.i386.rpm Red Hat Linux 8.0: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/SRPMS/samba-2.2.7-5.8.0.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/samba-2.2.7-5.8.0.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/samba-common-2.2.7-5.8.0.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/samba-client-2.2.7-5.8.0.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/samba-swat-2.2.7-5.8.0.i386.rpm Red Hat Linux 9: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/SRPMS/samba-2.2.7a-8.9.0.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/samba-2.2.7a-8.9.0.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/samba-common-2.2.7a-8.9.0.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/samba-client-2.2.7a-8.9.0.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/samba-swat-2.2.7a-8.9.0.i386.rpm 7. Verification: MD5 sum Package Name -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4753f8b50da25cd251354248cc309930 7.2/en/os/SRPMS/samba-2.2.7-3.7.2.src.rpm 9047e4072c65e9f11bbfbb00e45ee257 7.2/en/os/i386/samba-2.2.7-3.7.2.i386.rpm df7f4ba09d0ead29e1e06b8467b30935 7.2/en/os/i386/samba-client-2.2.7-3.7.2.i386.rpm d035f89b5155099232eb1d12e3b551ef 7.2/en/os/i386/samba-common-2.2.7-3.7.2.i386.rpm 7c852414dc27505e6cad198d1059580a 7.2/en/os/i386/samba-swat-2.2.7-3.7.2.i386.rpm 208fc22f66c028014ee590fd4b09cd8f 7.2/en/os/ia64/samba-2.2.7-3.7.2.ia64.rpm f4cc93943361cd213269e1ba40da0b18 7.2/en/os/ia64/samba-client-2.2.7-3.7.2.ia64.rpm d333b4149ef242d6c4059f45f462219d 7.2/en/os/ia64/samba-common-2.2.7-3.7.2.ia64.rpm d7116e4dc29f5ca4de4cf97c4bb945bb 7.2/en/os/ia64/samba-swat-2.2.7-3.7.2.ia64.rpm 0fd8526d3a8f5e441bc16098e124b285 7.3/en/os/SRPMS/samba-2.2.7-3.7.3.src.rpm edbd81c52155a0b7eb107fda054ca945 7.3/en/os/i386/samba-2.2.7-3.7.3.i386.rpm 7c03367ed0576d580a60df18d97c6681 7.3/en/os/i386/samba-client-2.2.7-3.7.3.i386.rpm 689ca3fed3b63d59d680109881c610bb 7.3/en/os/i386/samba-common-2.2.7-3.7.3.i386.rpm 343902163244399713a77161c8cc58f5 7.3/en/os/i386/samba-swat-2.2.7-3.7.3.i386.rpm 2198081f27c842f66377c9b595b4694d 8.0/en/os/SRPMS/samba-2.2.7-5.8.0.src.rpm 2fea298375c9f6307e84dc384c97c63c 8.0/en/os/i386/samba-2.2.7-5.8.0.i386.rpm 559490c7bddce43b98c4a65cfdc03e29 8.0/en/os/i386/samba-client-2.2.7-5.8.0.i386.rpm 0c20656f0202f421bf8ae536d1347a98 8.0/en/os/i386/samba-common-2.2.7-5.8.0.i386.rpm 0c0542bdd2f787b72e440af66927f9f1 8.0/en/os/i386/samba-swat-2.2.7-5.8.0.i386.rpm 9e1763f38f616b76030584eea6e4bbaf 9/en/os/SRPMS/samba-2.2.7a-8.9.0.src.rpm 4fca0fbb65534abf85972deb9bfed4bc 9/en/os/i386/samba-2.2.7a-8.9.0.i386.rpm 9e40436148d54048e22670787a66a92e 9/en/os/i386/samba-client-2.2.7a-8.9.0.i386.rpm ef0c8e03cd63888283e58e4b9e5a84fb 9/en/os/i386/samba-common-2.2.7a-8.9.0.i386.rpm 23277324eca8438aa7c4ae67ea4f7594 9/en/os/i386/samba-swat-2.2.7a-8.9.0.i386.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key is available at http://www.redhat.com/solutions/security/news/publickey/ You can verify each package with the following command: rpm --checksig -v <filename> If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command: md5sum <filename> 8. References: http://www.digitaldefense.net/labs/advisories/DDI-1013.txt http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0196 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0201 9. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is <security@redhat.com>. More contact details at http://www.redhat.com/solutions/security/news/contact/ Copyright 2003 Red Hat, Inc. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trustix Secure Linux Security Advisory #2003-0019 Package name: samba Summary: Remote root exploit Date: 2003-04-07 Affected versions: TSL 1.2, 1.5 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package description: Samba provides an SMB server which can be used to provide network services to SMB (sometimes called "Lan Manager") clients, including various versions of MS Windows, OS/2, and other Linux machines. Samba uses NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NetBT) protocols and does NOT need NetBEUI (Microsoft Raw NetBIOS frame) protocol. Problem description: A buffer overflow has been discovered in Samba affecting all versions prior to 2.2.8a allowing for a remote root compromise. An exploit has been released to the wild. This release patches our 2.2.8 package up to 2.2.8a. Action: 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: All TSL updates are available from <URI:http://www.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/updates/>; <URI:ftp://ftp.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/updates/> About Trustix Secure Linux: Trustix Secure Linux is a small Linux distribution for servers. With focus on security and stability, the system is painlessly kept safe and up to date from day one using swup, the automated software updater. Automatic updates: Users of the SWUP tool can enjoy having updates automatically installed using 'swup --upgrade'. Get SWUP from: <URI:ftp://ftp.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/software/swup/> Public testing: These packages have been available for public testing for some time. If you want to contribute by testing the various packages in the testing tree, please feel free to share your findings on the tsl-discuss mailinglist. The testing tree is located at <URI:http://www.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/testing/>; <URI:ftp://ftp.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/testing/> Questions? Check out our mailing lists: <URI:http://www.trustix.net/support/>; Verification: This advisory along with all TSL packages are signed with the TSL sign key. This key is available from: <URI:http://www.trustix.net/TSL-GPG-KEY>; The advisory itself is available from the errata pages at <URI:http://www.trustix.net/errata/trustix-1.2/>; and <URI:http://www.trustix.net/errata/trustix-1.5/>; or directly at <URI:http://www.trustix.net/errata/misc/2003/TSL-2003-0019-samba.asc.txt>; MD5sums of the packages: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 70a3e32471a42ce18f34213e1a9ef915 ./1.2/RPMS/samba-2.2.8-3tr.i586.rpm 98ea77c8f443e601cea3ac951fbd94d3 ./1.2/RPMS/samba-client-2.2.8-3tr.i586.rpm ec368177237dcdd3cb7295d849c93842 ./1.2/RPMS/samba-common-2.2.8-3tr.i586.rpm b6b7ace9c530cdc058dddc04328502b1 ./1.2/SRPMS/samba-2.2.8-3tr.src.rpm de491c36d57f5009e21954e81627fbc0 ./1.5/RPMS/samba-2.2.8-3tr.i586.rpm 21ec051f00d60ff915605d8140e41f3f ./1.5/RPMS/samba-client-2.2.8-3tr.i586.rpm 53a2d161d258fc6e37facf05a859ac69 ./1.5/RPMS/samba-common-2.2.8-3tr.i586.rpm b6b7ace9c530cdc058dddc04328502b1 ./1.5/SRPMS/samba-2.2.8-3tr.src.rpm - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trustix Security Team
Samba Security Advisories: SuSE, Slackware, Red Hat, Trustix
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