Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-460-1

Please Install the Updated Packages.

Paul Griffith and Andrew Hogue discovered that Samba did not fully drop root privileges while translating SIDs. A remote authenticated user could issue SMB operations during a small window of opportunity and gain root privileges. (CVE-2007-2444) Brian Schafer discovered that Samba did not handle NDR parsing correctly. A remote attacker could send specially crafted MS-RPC requests that could overwrite heap memory and execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2007-2446) It was discovered that Samba did not correctly escape input parameters for external scripts defined in smb.conf. Remote authenticated users could send specially crafted MS-RPC requests and execute arbitrary shell commands. (CVE-2007-2447)

samba vulnerabilities on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS , Ubuntu 6.10 , Ubuntu 7.04

• https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2007-May/000529.html

---

Updated on 2015-03-25