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Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 08:56:16 +0100
From: Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nussel@...e.de>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: coley <coley@...re.org>, Simo Sorce <ssorce@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: Samba symlink 0day flaw

Josh Bressers wrote:
> As many of you have probably seen, there was a supposed Samba 0day flaw
> posted to full-disclosure and youtube.
> 
> Samba has a response to this:
> http://marc.info/?l=samba-technical&m=126539387432412&w=2
> 
> I'm not sure if this should get a CVE id. It is documented behavior.
> Somewhat unexpected though. I think changing the default is the right way
> to go, but it may be more of a hardening measure than a security fix.
> 
> Thoughts Steve?

Any update on this? I think unexpected insecure default
configurations that surprise admins did get CVE numbers in the past.

cu
Ludwig

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