Re: [devel] [tridge@SAMBA.ORG: Samba 2.0.8 security fix]

From: Alexander Bokovoy <ab@avilink.net>
To: devel@linux.iplabs.ru
Subject: Re: [devel] [tridge@SAMBA.ORG: Samba 2.0.8 security fix]
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 13:02:04 +0300
Message-ID: <20010418130204.E2486@boids.avilink.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010418135713.B27324@ldv.office.alt-linux.org>; from ldv@alt-linux.org on Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 01:57:13PM +0400

Кто будет собирать? До нас диски, наконец-то, добрались и я надеюсь, что
Вадим приступит к сборке Samba 2.2.0 и OpenLDAP еще до выходных, эту версию (2.0.8)
желательно было бы собрать уже сейчас. И в updates.

On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 01:57:13PM +0400, Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
> ----- Forwarded message from tridge@SAMBA.ORG -----
> 
> Date:         Tue, 17 Apr 2001 17:06:48 -0700
> From: tridge@SAMBA.ORG
> To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
> Subject:      Samba 2.0.8 security fix
> Reply-To: tridge@valinux.com
> 
> I've just released Samba 2.0.8. This release fixes a significant
> security vulnerability that allows local users to corrupt local
> devices (such as raw disks).
> 
> For most users the Samba Team recommends Samba 2.2.0 which has just
> been released. Version 2.2.0 has all the security fixes plus many new
> features and other bug fixes. Version 2.0.8 is meant for very
> conservative sites that want a absolutely minimal security fix rather
> than a large update.
> 
> The security hole was found by Marcus Meissner
> (Marcus.Meissner@caldera.de) during a routine security audit of the
> Samba source code. Many thanks to Marcus and Caldera for taking the
> time to audit the code. The hole involved an incorrect usage of
> temporary files and can be exploited by a local user with a shell
> account on the Samba server to destroy data on a local device, such as
> /dev/hda. The exploit is relatively easy to perform so all sites with
> untrusted local users should update immediately to either version
> 2.0.8 or version 2.2.0.
> 
> The 2.0.8 release is available at
>     ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/samba/samba-2.0.8.tar.gz
> the patch is available at:
>     ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/samba/patches/samba-2.0.7-2.0.8.diffs.gz
> 
> The 2.2.0 release is available at:
>     ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/samba/samba-2.2.0.tar.gz
> 
> We do not plan on doing any more releases of Samba 2.0.x.
> 
> Distribution vendors have been notified about the security fix and
> will be doing new releases shortly.
> 
> Cheers, Tridge
> 
> ----- End forwarded message -----
> 
> Regards,
> 	Dmitry
> 
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