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Gentoo update for samba
Secunia Advisory: SA25259
Release Date: 2007-05-16
Popularity: 4,319 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
System access
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-2444
CVE-2007-2446
CVE-2007-2447


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for samba. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges and to compromise a vulnerable system, and by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA25232

Solution:
Update to version "net-fs/samba-3.0.24-r2" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-15.xml

Other References:
SA25232:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25232/


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