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Samba Hit By 'Highly Critical' Vulnerability

Posted by timothy on from the because-people-are-bad dept.

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. More M$ Vulnerabilities by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I don't know why people still use M$ Windoze.

    I guess those idiots get what they deserve.

  2. Re:Damn! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yeah his name is Will Hill and he is married to a tranny.