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openSUSE 15.4: 2023:4059-1 Important Samba Denial of Service Fix

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Calendar Grey October 12, 2023
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Crucial samba enhancement for openSUSE addressing key vulnerabilities and bolstering safety across multiple editions. Discover more!
This update for samba fixes the following issues: CVE-2023-4091: Fixed a bug where a client can truncate file with read-only permissions

Description

This update for samba fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2023-4091: Fixed a bug where a client can truncate file with read-only

permissions. (bsc#1215904)

* CVE-2023-42669: Fixed a bug in "rpcecho" development server which allows

Denial of Service via sleep() call on AD DC. (bso#1215905)

* CVE-2023-4154: Fixed a bug in dirsync which allows SYSTEM access with only

"GUID_DRS_GET_CHANGES" right. (bsc#1215908)

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Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-4059=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-4059=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-4059=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-4059=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-4059=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-4059=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2023-4059=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HA-15-SP4-2023-4059=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* samba-ad-dc-debuginfo-4.15.13+git.691.3d3cea0641-150400.3.31.1

* samba-ad-dc-libs-4.15.13+git.691.3d3cea0641-150400.3.31.1

* samba-client-libs-4.15.13+git.691.3d3cea0641-150400.3.31.1

* samba-python3-4.15.13+git.691.3d3cea0641-150400.3.31.1

* libsamba-policy0-python3-debuginfo-4.15.13+git.691.3d3cea0641-150400.3.31.1

* samba-ad-dc-libs-debuginfo-4.15.13+git.691.3d3cea0641-150400.3.31.1

* samba-tool-4.15.13+git.691.3d3cea0641-150400.3.31.1

* samba-client-debuginfo-4.15.13+git.691.3d3cea0641-150400.3.31.1

* samba-ldb-ldap-debuginfo-4.15.13+git.691.3d3cea0641-150400.3.31.1

* samba-gpupdate-4.15.13+git.691.3d3cea0641-150400.3.31.1

* samba-winbind-libs-4.15.13+git.691.3d3cea0641-150400.3.31.1

* samba-ad-dc-4.15.13+git.691.3d3cea0641-150400.3.31.1

* samba-test-debuginfo-4.15.13+git.691.3d3cea0641-150400.3.31.1

* samba-ldb-ldap-4.15.13+git.691.3d3cea0641-150400.3.31.1

* ctdb-debuginfo-4.15.13+git.691.3d3cea0641-150400.3.31.1

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References

* #1213940

* #1215904

* #1215905

* #1215908

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4091.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4154.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42669.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213940

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215904

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215905

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215908

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4059-1
Rating: important

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