SUSE Security Update: Security update for Samba
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2012:0337-1
Rating:             critical
References:         #633729 #703655 #747934 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-0870
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
                    SLE SDK 10 SP4
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes
   is now available.

Description:


   This update of Samba fixes a heap-based buffer overflow
   that could be  exploited by remote, unauthenticated
   attackers to crash the smbd daemon or  potentially execute
   arbitrary code via specially crafted SMB AndX request
   packets (CVE-2012-0870).

   Also fixed two non security bugs:

   * Fix to handle domain join using NetBIOS name; (bnc
   #633729).
   * Fixed the DFS referral response for msdfs root;
   (bnc#703655).

   Security Issue reference:

   * CVE-2012-0870
   



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

      cifs-mount-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      ldapsmb-1.34b-25.13.18.1
      libmsrpc-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      libmsrpc-devel-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      libsmbclient-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      libsmbclient-devel-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-client-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-krb-printing-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-python-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-vscan-0.3.6b-43.13.18.1
      samba-winbind-3.0.36-0.13.18.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (s390x x86_64):

      libsmbclient-32bit-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-32bit-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-client-32bit-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-winbind-32bit-3.0.36-0.13.18.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ia64):

      libsmbclient-x86-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-client-x86-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-winbind-x86-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-x86-3.0.36-0.13.18.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ppc):

      libsmbclient-64bit-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-64bit-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-client-64bit-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-winbind-64bit-3.0.36-0.13.18.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):

      cifs-mount-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      ldapsmb-1.34b-25.13.18.1
      libmsrpc-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      libmsrpc-devel-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      libsmbclient-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      libsmbclient-devel-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-client-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-krb-printing-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-python-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-vscan-0.3.6b-43.13.18.1
      samba-winbind-3.0.36-0.13.18.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS (s390x x86_64):

      libsmbclient-32bit-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-32bit-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-client-32bit-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-winbind-32bit-3.0.36-0.13.18.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):

      cifs-mount-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      ldapsmb-1.34b-25.13.18.1
      libsmbclient-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      libsmbclient-devel-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-client-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-krb-printing-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-vscan-0.3.6b-43.13.18.1
      samba-winbind-3.0.36-0.13.18.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (x86_64):

      libsmbclient-32bit-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-32bit-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-client-32bit-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-winbind-32bit-3.0.36-0.13.18.1

   - SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

      libmsrpc-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      libmsrpc-devel-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      libsmbclient-devel-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      libsmbsharemodes-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      libsmbsharemodes-devel-3.0.36-0.13.18.1
      samba-python-3.0.36-0.13.18.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0870.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/633729
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/703655
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/747934
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

SuSE: 2012:0337-1: critical: Samba

March 8, 2012
An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now...

Summary

This update of Samba fixes a heap-based buffer overflow that could be exploited by remote, unauthenticated attackers to crash the smbd daemon or potentially execute arbitrary code via specially crafted SMB AndX request packets (CVE-2012-0870). Also fixed two non security bugs: * Fix to handle domain join using NetBIOS name; (bnc #633729). * Fixed the DFS referral response for msdfs root; (bnc#703655). Security Issue reference: * CVE-2012-0870 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64): cifs-mount-3.0.36-0.13.18.1 ldapsmb-1.34b-25.13.18.1 libmsrpc-3.0.36-0.13.18.1 libmsrpc-devel-3.0.36-0.13.18.1 libsmbclient-3.0.36-0.13.18.1 libsmbclient-devel-3.0.36-0.13.18.1 samba-3.0.36-0.13.18.1 samba-client-3.0.36-0.13.18.1 samba-krb-printing-3.0.36-0.13.18.1 samba-python-3.0.36-0.13.18.1 samba-vscan-0.3.6b-43.13.18.1 samba-winbind...

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References

#633729 #703655 #747934

Cross- CVE-2012-0870

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4

SLE SDK 10 SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0870.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/633729

https://bugzilla.novell.com/703655

https://bugzilla.novell.com/747934

https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0337-1
Rating: critical

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