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SUSE: 2017:0862-1 Critical: Samba Symlink Race Vulnerability Alert

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Calendar Grey March 29, 2017
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SUSE Linux has released a crucial security patch for samba, tackling a severe symlink race issue with significant improvements.
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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: - 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 Server for SAP 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-481=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-481=1

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security advisory samba important SUSE symlink race

References

#1019416 #1024416 #1027147 #993692 #993707

Cross- CVE-2017-2619

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1019416

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-2017:0862-1
Rating: important

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