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Samba Filename Hash Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Severity CVSS Published Added Modified
Severe (7) 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Jul 27, 2004 Dec 21, 2004 Sep 21, 2007

Description:

Certain versions of Samba are vulnerable to a buffer overflow when filename mangling with the 'hash' method is used (which is not enabled by default). It is believed that only an authenticated user with write privileges can exploit this vulnerability.

References:

Solution:

Upgrade to Samba 3.0.5

Download and apply the upgrade from: http://us1.samba.org/samba/ftp/old-versions/samba-3.0.5.tar.gz



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