Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Debian, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue is caused by an error in Samba. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2007-4153

Affected Products

Debian GNU/Linux sarge
Debian GNU/Linux etch
Debian GNU/Linux sid

Solution

Debian GNU/Linux sarge - Upgrade to samba version 3.0.14a-3sarge11
Debian GNU/Linux etch - Upgrade to samba version 3.0.24-6etch9
Debian GNU/Linux sid - A fix will be available soon.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4156
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/debian-security-announce-2007/msg00208.html

ChangeLog

2007-12-11 : Initial release

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