Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for samba. This fixes a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for samba
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31695
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31695/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass
WHERE:
Local system
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 9
http://secunia.com/product/18642/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for samba. This fixes a security issue,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain
security restrictions.
For more information:
SA31601
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update samba").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00002.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA31601:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31601/
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