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Date:      Wed, 19 Mar 2003 17:18:27 +1100
From:      Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>
To:        "Nikolaj I. Potanin" <nikolaj@drweb.ru>
Cc:        security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Samba vulnerability
Message-ID:  <20030319061826.GA4238@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <3E774C85.902@drweb.ru>
References:  <20030318143759.GA77729@nevermind.kiev.ua> <3E774C85.902@drweb.ru>

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On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 07:42:45PM +0300, Nikolaj I. Potanin wrote:
>>A flaw has been detected in the Samba main smbd code which could allow
>>an external attacker to remotely and anonymously gain Super User (root)
>     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>Does anyone here have smbd bound to an external interface? ;-)

I read this as "external to the Samba server" - which covers everyone
who installs Samba in a usable system.

If you read it as an Internet accessible server then this is a lot
risker - but remember that some people offer NFS across the Internet
so it's within the realm of possibility that someone would want to
offer Samba on the Internet.

Peter

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