SUSE Security Update: Security update for Samba
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2012:0338-1
Rating:             critical
References:         #747934 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-0870
Affected Products:
                    SUSE CORE 9
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability 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).

   Security Issue reference:

   * CVE-2012-0870
   



Package List:

   - SUSE CORE 9 (i586 s390 s390x x86_64):

      libsmbclient-3.0.26a-0.21
      libsmbclient-devel-3.0.26a-0.21
      samba-3.0.26a-0.21
      samba-client-3.0.26a-0.21
      samba-doc-3.0.26a-0.21
      samba-pdb-3.0.26a-0.21
      samba-python-3.0.26a-0.21
      samba-vscan-0.3.6b-0.49
      samba-winbind-3.0.26a-0.21

   - SUSE CORE 9 (x86_64):

      libsmbclient-32bit-9-201202240204
      samba-32bit-9-201202240204
      samba-client-32bit-9-201202240204
      samba-winbind-32bit-9-201202240204

   - SUSE CORE 9 (s390x):

      libsmbclient-32bit-9-201202240207
      samba-32bit-9-201202240207
      samba-client-32bit-9-201202240207
      samba-winbind-32bit-9-201202240207


References:

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

SuSE: 2012:0338-1: critical: Samba

March 8, 2012
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

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). Security Issue reference: * CVE-2012-0870 Package List: - SUSE CORE 9 (i586 s390 s390x x86_64): libsmbclient-3.0.26a-0.21 libsmbclient-devel-3.0.26a-0.21 samba-3.0.26a-0.21 samba-client-3.0.26a-0.21 samba-doc-3.0.26a-0.21 samba-pdb-3.0.26a-0.21 samba-python-3.0.26a-0.21 samba-vscan-0.3.6b-0.49 samba-winbind-3.0.26a-0.21 - SUSE CORE 9 (x86_64): libsmbclient-32bit-9-201202240204 samba-32bit-9-201202240204 samba-client-32bit-9-201202240204 samba-winbind-32bit-9-201202240204 - SUSE CORE 9 (s390x): libsmbclient-32bit-9-201202240207 samba-32bit-9-201202240207 samba-client-32bit-9-201202240207 samba-w...

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References

#747934

Cross- CVE-2012-0870

Affected Products:

SUSE CORE 9

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

https://bugzilla.novell.com/747934

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

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0338-1
Rating: critical

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