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Mandriva Update for samba MDVSA-2012:070 (samba)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'samba' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in samba: A file existence dislosure flaw was found in the way mount.cifs tool of the Samba SMB/CIFS tools suite performed mount of a Linux CIFS (Common Internet File System) filesystem. A local user, able to mount a remote CIFS share / target to a local directory could use this flaw to confirm (non) existence of a file system object (file, directory or process descriptor) via error messages generated during the mount.cifs tool run (CVE-2012-1586). The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
Affected Software
Affected Software
samba on Mandriva Enterprise Server 5.2, Mandriva Linux 2010.1
Solution
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.