rPath Security Advisory: 2008-0308-1
Published: 2008-10-30
Products:
    rPath Appliance Platform Linux Service 1
    rPath Appliance Platform Linux Service 2
    rPath Linux 1
    rPath Linux 2

Rating: Minor
Exposure Level Classification:
    Remote Non-deterministic Denial of Service
Updated Versions:
samba=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/3.0.32-0.4-1 
samba=conary.rpath.com@rpl:2/3.0.32-1-0.1 
samba-client=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/3.0.32-0.4-1 
samba-client=conary.rpath.com@rpl:2/3.0.32-1-0.1 
samba-server=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/3.0.32-0.4-1 
samba-server=conary.rpath.com@rpl:2/3.0.32-1-0.1 
samba-swat=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/3.0.32-0.4-1 
samba-swat=conary.rpath.com@rpl:2/3.0.32-1-0.1 

rPath Issue Tracking System:
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2766

Description:
    Previous versions of the samba package contain a race condition which
    may lead to a crash of the winbindd daemon (Denial of Service).
    
    In their default configurations, rPath Linux and the rPath Appliance
    Platform Linux Service are not vulnerable to this attack.

http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0308 

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