| Description: | Updated samba packages that fix multiple security issues are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.Samba is a suite of programs used by machines to share files, printers, andother information.A denial of service flaw was found in the Samba smbd daemon. Anauthenticated, remote user could send a specially-crafted response thatwould cause an smbd child process to enter an infinite loop. Anauthenticated, remote user could use this flaw to exhaust system resourcesby opening multiple CIFS sessions. (CVE-2009-2906) |