Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1423-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Brian Gorenc discovered that Samba incorrectly calculated array bounds when handling remote procedure calls (RPC) over the network. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code as the root user. (CVE-2012-1182)
Affected
samba on Ubuntu 11.10 ,
Ubuntu 11.04 ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2012-1182 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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