RHSA-2007:1017Critical

Red Hat Security Advisory: samba security update

Published
November 15, 2007
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (3)

CVE-2007-4138 →CVE-2007-4572 →CVE-2007-5398 →

📋 Description

CVE-2007-4138 — samba incorrect primary group assignment for domain users using the rfc2307 or sfu winbind nss info plugin CVE-2007-4572 — samba buffer overflow CVE-2007-5398 — Samba "reply_netbios_packet()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

🎯 Affected products43

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • samba-0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • samba-0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • samba-0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • samba-0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • samba-0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • samba-0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • samba-0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • samba-0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • samba-0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • samba-client-0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • samba-client-0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • samba-client-0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • samba-client-0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • samba-client-0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • samba-client-0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • samba-client-0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • samba-common-0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • samba-common-0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • samba-common-0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • samba-common-0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • samba-common-0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • samba-common-0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • samba-common-0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • samba-common-0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • samba-common-0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • samba-debuginfo-0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • samba-debuginfo-0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • samba-debuginfo-0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • +13 more not shown

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat Network to download and update your packages. To do so, run the following command (as root): pup Alternatively, for a command-line interface, run the following command: yum update To register your system to RHN, use the following command: rhn_register For information on how to manually install or remove packages, refer to the following link: http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_80_11223.shtm

🔗 References (6)