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TITLE:
Samba Any Batched Request Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA48152

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RELEASE DATE:
2012-02-24

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Samba, which can be exploited by
malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in process.c when
handling Any Batched (AndX) request packets and can be exploited to
cause a heap-based buffer overflow.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 3.4.0.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 3.4.0 or later or apply patch.

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PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Originally reported in BlackBerry Tablet OS by Andy Davis, NGS
Secure.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2012-0870

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