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>> Slackware Security Update Samba Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Title : Slackware Security Update Samba Information Disclosure Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-3284
CVE ID : CVE-2008-4314
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-12-01

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A vulnerability has been identified in Slackware, which could be exploited by attackers to gain knowledge of sensitive information. This issue is caused by an error in Samba. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2008-3277

Affected Products

Slackware 10.0
Slackware 10.1
Slackware 10.2
Slackware 11.0
Slackware 12.0
Slackware 12.1

Solution

Updated package for Slackware 10.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/samba-3.0.33-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 10.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patches/packages/samba-3.0.33-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 10.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/samba-3.0.33-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 11.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/samba-3.0.33-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 12.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/samba-3.0.33-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 12.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/samba-3.0.33-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/samba-3.2.5-i486-1.tgz

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3284
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.453684

ChangeLog

2008-12-01 : Initial release

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