full-disclosure - GLSA: pam

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Message-ID: <20030901123309.129D69FBB0@noc.internal.fairytale.se>
From: aliz at gentoo.org (Daniel Ahlberg)
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 12:33 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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