bugtraq - rPSA-2007-0184-1 samba samba-swat

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Message-ID: <46eae432./oehn+P9kLmCPVc5%announce-noreply@rpath.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:42:42 -0400
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Subject: rPSA-2007-0184-1 samba samba-swat

rPath Security Advisory: 2007-0184-1
Published: 2007-09-14
Products: rPath Linux 1
Rating: Major
Exposure Level Classification:
    Remote System User Deterministic Privilege Escalation
Updated Versions:
    samba=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/3.0.25-0.2-1
    samba-swat=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/3.0.25-0.2-1

References:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4138
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1705

Description:
    Previous versions of the samba package contain a Privilege Escalation
    vulnerability in which Windows users may, under some circumstances,
    incorrectly be assigned a primary group id of 0 (root).
    
    In its default configuration, rPath Linux 1 is not vulnerable to this
    Privilege Escalation.

Copyright 2007 rPath, Inc.
This file is distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
A copy is available at http://www.rpath.com/permanent/mit-license.html