Andrew Bartlett discovered that Samba did not correctly validate the length when parsing SIDs. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to the server and cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Samba service (smbd).
The default compiler options for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS and newer should reduce the vulnerability to a denial of service.
14 September 2010
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Andrew Bartlett discovered that Samba did not correctly validate the length when parsing SIDs. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to the server and cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Samba service (smbd).
The default compiler options for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS and newer should reduce the vulnerability to a denial of service.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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