Published:
17 November 1998
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-98.177 -- Red Hat Linux Bulletin SECURITY: samba packages, continued 18 November 1998 =========================================================================== Red Hat Software, Inc. has released the following advisory concerning a vulnerability in the samba package available for all supported releases of Red Hat Linux. - ---------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Following our announcement yesterday about new samba packages being available for our 5.2 release we have received reports that samba packages available for older releases of Red Hat Linux might be vulnerable as well. As a result of this concern we are making available new samba packages for all supported releases of Red Hat Linux. We apologize for not doing so yesterday, when we tried to address a specific reported vulnerability. Once again we express our thanks to Andrew Tridgell and the Samba team for their assistance in addressing this problem. All Red Hat linux users should upgrade to the new packages available from our updates site: Red Hat Linux 4.2: ================== alpha: rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/alpha/samba-1.9.18p10-0.alpha.rpm i386: rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/samba-1.9.18p10-0.i386.rpm sparc: rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/sparc/samba-1.9.18p10-0.sparc.rpm Source rpm: rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/SRPMS/samba-1.9.18p10-0.src.rpm Red Hat Linux 5.0, 5.1 and 5.2: =============================== alpha: rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/samba-1.9.18p10-5.alpha.rpm i386: rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/samba-1.9.18p10-5.i386.rpm sparc: rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/samba-1.9.18p10-5.sparc.rpm Source rpm: rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/SRPMS/samba-1.9.18p10-5.src.rpm - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNlHLrvGvxKXU9NkBAQHkNQP/YHDfUptXNXl7iKi+gokoA5FJCLASDntg 6Bx+OI2hPHnDOvHK8xbpnRv1lIiLGh2eDdb29Su+Hx8B1JpvlqAxMdcT6sP2vetm dmWaEA0+Ppty+gnXNj3Vt6P8GeJnuxWO7P/qMd9bL15uP3Ji4ykdTG3SjW/wNTxv kjzMeEvALEM= =QnNe - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - ---------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- This security bulletin is provided as a service to AusCERT's members. As AusCERT did not write the document quoted above, AusCERT has had no control over its content. The decision to use any or all of this information is the responsibility of each user or organisation, and should be done so in accordance with site policies and procedures. NOTE: This is only the original release of the security bulletin. It will not be updated when updates to the original are made. If downloading at a later date, it is recommended that the bulletin is retrieved from the original authors to ensure that the information is still current. Contact information for the authors of the original document is included in the Security Bulletin above. If you have any questions or need further information, please contact them directly. Previous advisories and external security bulletins can be retrieved from: http://www.auscert.org.au/Information/advisories.html If you believe that your system has been compromised, contact AusCERT or your representative in FIRST (Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams). Internet Email: auscert@auscert.org.au Facsimile: (07) 3365 7031 Telephone: (07) 3365 4417 (International: +61 7 3365 4417) AusCERT personnel answer during Queensland business hours which are GMT+10:00 (AEST). On call after hours for emergencies. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: noconv Comment: ftp://ftp.auscert.org.au/pub/auscert/AUSCERT_PGP.key iQCVAwUBNmVgdyh9+71yA2DNAQFCmwP/daQVYrqjb8NcDprARb9q3vg/FP10yrge aqNngY/xr5cu0KSuAGbhZeFC8OvmVJtaiCi4RoppkFTP3uSvmn0r+n6+krSMsa+3 WCv/+KpYaUfVi24xK+iZxDUoEotvjhAZynjJuxwnVvl+sXEawaCVHYSdjGkTM208 HAHWT6tw/9s= =dAUo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----