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| author | Karolin Seeger <kseeger@samba.org> | 2010-03-08 20:32:49 +0100 |
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| committer | Karolin Seeger <kseeger@samba.org> | 2010-03-08 20:32:49 +0100 |
| commit | cd499eaf0418fa0a3034c5ba4709278a302ea980 (patch) | |
| tree | 0ac981991cc3c27ff43e6f27d6ebb8657b3acc31 /WHATSNEW.txt | |
| parent | ab98964115b56306b82f38aa2f65757dc2917ffe (diff) | |
| download | samba-cd499eaf0418fa0a3034c5ba4709278a302ea980.tar.gz | |
WHATSNEW: Prepare release notes for Samba 3.5.1.
Karolin
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diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index caad89dbca2..12c12d56ed2 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -1,4 +1,55 @@ ============================= + Release Notes for Samba 3.5.1 + March 8, 2010 + ============================= + + +This is a security release in order to address CVE-2010-0728. + + +o CVE-2010-0728: + In Samba releases 3.5.0, 3.4.6 and 3.3.11, new code + was added to fix a problem with Linux asynchronous IO handling. + This code introduced a bad security flaw on Linux platforms if the + binaries were built on Linux platforms with libcap support. + The flaw caused all smbd processes to inherit CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE + capabilities, allowing all file system access to be allowed + even when permissions should have denied access. + + +Changes since 3.5.0 +------------------- + + +o Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org> + * BUG 7222: Fix for CVE-2010-0728. + + +###################################################################### +Reporting bugs & Development Discussion +####################################### + +Please discuss this release on the samba-technical mailing list or by +joining the #samba-technical IRC channel on irc.freenode.net. + +If you do report problems then please try to send high quality +feedback. If you don't provide vital information to help us track down +the problem then you will probably be ignored. All bug reports should +be filed under the Samba 3.5 product in the project's Bugzilla +database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/). + + +====================================================================== +== Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility. +== The Samba Team +====================================================================== + + +Release notes for older releases follow: +---------------------------------------- + + + ============================= Release Notes for Samba 3.5.0 March 1, 2010 =============================== @@ -479,4 +530,3 @@ database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/). == Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility. == The Samba Team ====================================================================== - |