OS X Still Open to Samba Vulnerabilities

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Category: Mac OS X
Link: OS X Still Open to Samba Vulnerabilities (http://www.macbytes.com/link.php?sid=20070605153900)
Description:: Bad heap-management code and an old, old version of Samba means some Mac users are at risk.

Posted on MacBytes.com (http://www.macbytes.com)
Approved by Mudbug

[shelterpaw]

You can use MacPorts to install Samba3 3.0.20b and then update your port and it will install samba 3.0.25a which is the most recent version as of May 25th.

I rarely use Windows sharing, but it may be helpful to some others.

[SPUY767]

Well, given that Symantec's business model is heavily dependent on fear mongering, if they call something fairly trivial that means that it doesn't exist.