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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2020:3981 Moderate Samba Conversion Flaw

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Calendar Grey September 29, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
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An update for samba is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

After installing this update, the smb service will be restarted automatically.

Summary

Samba is an open-source implementation of the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol and the related Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocol, which allow PC-compatible machines to share files, printers, and various information.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: samba (4.10.16). (BZ#1785121)
Security Fix(es):
* samba: Crash after failed character conversion at log level 3 or above (CVE-2019-14907)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory bug fix samba Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate severity security impact character conversion issue

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14907 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.9_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: samba-4.10.16-5.el7.src.rpm
noarch: samba-common-4.10.16-5.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64: libsmbclient-4.10.16-5.el7.i686.rpm libsmbclient-4.10.16-5.el7.x86_64.rpm libwbclient-4.10.16-5.el7.i686.rpm libwbclient-4.10.16-5.el7.x86_64.rpm samba-client-4.10.16-5.el7.x86_64.rpm samba-client-libs-4.10.16-5.el7.i686.rpm samba-client-libs-4.10.16-5.el7.x86_64.rpm samba-common-libs-4.10.16-5.el7.i686.rpm samba-common-libs-4.10.16-5.el7.x86_64.rpm samba-common-tools-4.10.16-5.el7.x86_64.rpm samba-debuginfo-4.10.16-5.el7.i686.rpm samba-debuginfo-4.10.16-5.el7.x86_64.rpm samba-krb5-printing-4.10.16-5.el7.x86_64.rpm samba-libs-4.10.16-5.el7.i686.rpm samba-libs-4.10.16-5.el7.x86_64.rpm samba-winbind-4.10.16-5.el7.x86_64.rpm samba-winbind-clients-4.10.16-5.el7.x86_64.rpm samba-winbind-modules-4.10.16-5.el7.i686.rpm samba-winbind-modules-4.10.16-5.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
noarch: samba-pidl-4.10.16-5.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64: libsmbclient-devel-4.10.16-5.el7.i686.rpm libsmbclient-devel-4.10.16-5.el7.x86_64.rpm libwbclient-devel-4.10.16-5.el7.i686.rpm libwbclient-devel-4.10.16-5.el7.x86_64.rpm samba-4.10.16-5.el7.x86_64.rpm samba-dc-4.10.16-5.el7.x86_64.rpm samba-dc-libs-4.10.16-5.el7.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:3981-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3981
Issue date: 2020-09-29

Topic

An update for samba is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory bug fix samba Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate severity security impact character conversion issue

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Resilient Storage (v. 7) - ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1737888 - Libwbclient alternatives manual setting lost

1776333 - CLI tools printing "Unable to initialize messaging context" running as non root

1785121 - Rebase Samba to the the latest 4.10.x maintenance release

1791207 - CVE-2019-14907 samba: Crash after failed character conversion at log level 3 or above

1791823 - wbinfo -K doesn't work for users of trusted domains/forests

1801496 - Missing directories in ctdb package

1813017 - Can't get 'log events generated from smbclient'

1828354 - After adding "additional dns hostname" to smb.conf it does not generate /etc/krb5.keytab with the proper SPN.

1828924 - Fix 'require_membership_of' documentation in pam_winbind manpages

1831986 - unprivileged user should be able to read-only to gencache.tdb instead of permission denied

1836427 - net ads join use of netbios+realm breaks GSSAPI authentication

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