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Ubuntu alert USN-1226-2 (cifs-utils)
========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1226-2 October 04, 2011 cifs-utils vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 11.04 - Ubuntu 10.10 Summary: An attacker could trick cifs-utils into corrupting the system mtab file. Software Description: - cifs-utils: Common Internet File System utilities Details: Dan Rosenberg discovered that cifs-utils incorrectly handled changes to the mtab file. A local attacker could use this issue to corrupt the mtab file, possibly leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-1678) Jan Lieskovsky discovered that cifs-utils incorrectly filtered certain strings being added to the mtab file. A local attacker could use this issue to corrupt the mtab file, possibly leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-2724) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 11.04: smbfs 2:4.5-2ubuntu0.11.04.1 Ubuntu 10.10: smbfs 2:4.5-2ubuntu0.10.10.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1226-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1226-1 CVE-2011-1678, CVE-2011-2724 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cifs-utils/2:4.5-2ub... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cifs-utils/2:4.5-2ub... -- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security... (Log in to post comments)
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