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SUSE: 2017:0858-1 Important: Samba Critical Symlink Race Issue

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Calendar Grey March 29, 2017
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SUSE Security Patch for samba addresses a severe symlink race vulnerability and provides numerous bug resolutions for different systems.
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Summary

This update for samba fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2017-2619: Symlink race permits opening files outside share directory (bsc#1027147). Bugfixes: - Force usage of ncurses6-config thru NCURSES_CONFIG env var (bsc#1023847). - Add missing ldb module directory (bsc#1012092). - Don't package man pages for VFS modules that aren't built (bsc#993707). - sync_req: make async_connect_send() "reentrant"; (bso#12105); (bsc#1024416). - Document "winbind: ignore domains" parameter; (bsc#1019416). - Prevent core, make sure response->extra_data.data is always cleared out; (bsc#993692). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2:

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update critical samba important SUSE Linux Enterprise symlink race

References

#1012092 #1019416 #1023847 #1024416 #1027147

#993692 #993707

Cross- CVE-2017-2619

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2619.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1012092

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1019416

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1023847

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1024416

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1027147

https://bugzilla.suse.com/993692

https://bugzilla.suse.com/993707

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:0858-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update critical samba important SUSE Linux Enterprise symlink race

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