-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200309-01 - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : pam_smb SUMMARY : buffer overflow DATE : 2003-09-01 12:46 UTC EXPLOIT : remote VERSIONS AFFECTED : <pam_smb-2.0.0_rc5 FIXED VERSION : >=pam_smb-2.0.0_rc5 CVE : CAN-2003-0686 - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at http://dev.gentoo.org/~aliz - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/Uz/FfT7nyhUpoZMRAsRiAJ0R8MVvjcaEddXJ4pl4dIVPE8ORlACeO3uK ew9VOE2h7NwVEhuJUCSFp/Y= =wMpX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
