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Gentoo: GLSA-202105-22 Low: Samba Denial of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey May 26, 2021
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several vulnerabilities identified in Samba could result in Denial of Service; users are advised to update to safer versions.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Samba, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Samba. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Gentoo multiple issues low severity Denial of Service Samba

Resolution

All Samba users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-fs/samba-4.13.8"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-27840 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27840 [ 2 ] CVE-2021-20254 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20254 [ 3 ] CVE-2021-20277 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20277

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-22
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

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Severity: Low
Title: Samba: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: May 26, 2021
Bugs: #778026, #786825
ID: 202105-22

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Gentoo multiple issues low severity Denial of Service Samba

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Samba, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Background

Samba is a suite of SMB and CIFS client/server programs.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-fs/samba < 4.13.8 >= 4.13.8

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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