Critical: samba security update

Updated samba packages that fix several security issues are now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and 3.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

Samba is a suite of programs used by machines to share files, printers, and
other information.

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Samba creates NetBIOS replies.
If a Samba server is configured to run as a WINS server, a remote
unauthenticated user could cause the Samba server to crash or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2007-5398)

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Samba authenticates
users. A remote unauthenticated user could trigger this flaw to cause the
Samba server to crash. Careful analysis of this flaw has determined that
arbitrary code execution is not possible, and under most circumstances will
not result in a crash of the Samba server. (CVE-2007-4572)

Red Hat would like to thank Alin Rad Pop of Secunia Research, and the Samba
developers for responsibly disclosing these issues.

Users of Samba are advised to ugprade to these updated packages, which
contain backported patches to resolve these issues.

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

294631 - CVE-2007-4572 samba buffer overflow
358831 - CVE-2007-5398 Samba "reply_netbios_packet()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4572
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5398
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical