From cd499eaf0418fa0a3034c5ba4709278a302ea980 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karolin Seeger Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 20:32:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] WHATSNEW: Prepare release notes for Samba 3.5.1. Karolin --- WHATSNEW.txt | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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 + * 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 ====================================================================== - -- 2.11.4.GIT