remote code execution in samba

The samba-suite is an open-source implementation of the SMB protocol. CVE-2007-5398: Secunia Research has reported a bug in function reply_netbios_packet() that allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted WINS “Name Registration” requests followed by a WINS “Name Query” request packet. The exploitable code in samba can only be reached if the option “wins support” was enabled. CVE-2007-4572: Another bug reported by Secunia Research affected the processing of GETDC mailslot request in nmbd. This error can also be exploited remotely to execute arbitrary code, but only if samba was configured as Primary or Backup Domain Controller.

Solution

Please install the provided samba update packages.