Security update for Samba

SUSE Security Update: Security update for Samba
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0338-1
Rating: critical
References: #747934
Affected Products:
  • SUSE CORE 9

  • 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
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    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:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0870.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/747934
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=77fff45aa383e336358627a07aac4417