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TITLE:
Gentoo update for Samba

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA49705

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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http://secunia.com/advisories/49705/
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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=49705

RELEASE DATE:
2012-06-25

DISCUSS ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/49705/#comments

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http://secunia.com/advisories/49705/

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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=49705

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http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/
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DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for Samba. This fixes a weakness and
multiple security issues and vulnerabilities, which can be exploited
by malicious, local users to disclose potentially sensitive
information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and potentially gain
escalated privileges by malicious users to bypass certain security
restrictions, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and potentially
compromise a vulnerable system, and by malicious people to compromise
a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA36893
SA38804
SA40145
SA41354
SA43512
SA45371
SA48152
SA48376
SA48742
SA48976

SOLUTION:
Update to "net-fs/samba-3.5.15" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
GLSA 201206-22:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201206-22.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

DEEP LINKS:
Further details available in Customer Area:
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EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
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EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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EXPLOIT:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

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