GLSA: pam_smb (200309-01)
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 14:42:46 +0200 (CEST)
From: (Daniel Ahlberg) <aliz@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-announce@gentoo.org, bugtraq@securityfocus.com,
Subject: GLSA: pam_smb (200309-01)
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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200309-01
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═ ═ ═ ═ ═ PACKAGE : pam_smb
═ ═ ═ ═ ═ SUMMARY : buffer overflow
═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═DATE : 2003-09-01 12:42 UTC
═ ═ ═ ═ ═ EXPLOIT : remote
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <pam_smb-2.0.0_rc5
═ ═ FIXED VERSION : >=pam_smb-2.0.0_rc5
═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ CVE : CAN-2003-0686
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quote from Debian DSA-374-1:
"If a long password is supplied, this can cause a buffer overflow which
could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
process which invokes PAM services."
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
net-misc/pam_smb upgrade to pam_smb-2.0.0_rc5 as follows
emerge sync
emerge pam_smb
emerge clean
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