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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-419-1 February 06, 2007 samba vulnerabilities CVE-2007-0452, CVE-2007-0454 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 5.10: samba 3.0.14a-6ubuntu1.2 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: samba 3.0.22-1ubuntu3.2 Ubuntu 6.10: samba 3.0.22-1ubuntu4.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: A flaw was discovered in Samba's file opening code, which in certain situations could lead to an endless loop, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2007-0452) A format string overflow was discovered in Samba's ACL handling on AFS shares. Remote users with access to an AFS share could create crafted filenames and execute arbitrary code with root privileges. (CVE-2007-0454)