Package : samba Vulnerability : arbitrary file access Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2004-0815
A vulnerability has been discovered in samba, a commonly used LanManager-like file and printer server for Unix. A remote attacker may be able to gain access to files which exist outside of the share's defined path. Such files must still be readable by the account used for the connection, though.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.3a-14.1.
In the unstable (sid) and testing (sarge) distributions this problem was not present.
We recommend that you upgrade your samba packages.
Upgrade Instructions --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody --------------------------------