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Samba Hit By 'Highly Critical' Vulnerability

sawky puck writes "Researchers at Secunia have flagged a 'highly critical' vulnerability in Samba, the widely deployed open-source software for networked file sharing and printing. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code by tricking a user into connecting to a malicious server (e.g. by clicking an 'smb://' link) or by sending specially crafted packets to an 'nmbd' server configured as a local or domain master browser. This issue affects both Samba client and server installations."

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  1. Oh jeez by blackjackshellac · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess I better take all of my samba servers off the internet!

    <snark/>

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    Salut,

    Jacques