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Fedora 26: 2017-fb9ed95cf3 Critical: Samba Symlink Race

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Calendar Grey April 6, 2017
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Important samba update released for Fedora 26 resolves symlink race issues identified in CVE-2017-2619.
Security fix for CVE-2017-2619

Summary

Samba is the standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and

Unix.

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2017-2619

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora samba security fix critical severity symlink issue

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1429472 - CVE-2017-2619 samba: symlink race permits opening files outside share directory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1429472

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade samba' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: samba
Product: Fedora 26
Version: 4.6.2
Release: 0.fc26
URL: /
Summary: Server and Client software to interoperate with Windows machines

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security advisory Fedora samba security fix critical severity symlink issue

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