Symantec discovers un-patched Samba bug in Mac OS X
by at July 31, 2007 9:46 pm
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Apple’s software is clearly not as safe as we think. When Safari was first introduced for Windows, bugs and exploits were discovered within the first few hours. It comes as no surprise that Symantec is now warning of an un-patched bag in Mac OS X’s implementation of Samba. Samba is the open-source application that permits file- and printer-sharing between Windows and other operating systems.
Despite being fixed by the Samba community, Apple has not packaged the patch to end users. Alfred Huger, vice president of engineering at Symantec said:”This is significant exposure for Mac OS X users. Samba is used in virtually every mixed environment where there are Macs and PCs, and the threat profile is much higher now that an exploit has been added to Metasploit.”
Symantec recommends users either shutdown Windows Sharing or try compiling the latest version of Samba manually until Apple fixes the problem formally.
Via [MacWorld UK]
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