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SUSE: 2021:3746-1 Important: Samba Privilege Escalation Advisory

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Calendar Grey November 19, 2021
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SUSE has released a crucial update to bolster security against notable vulnerabilities in Samba, providing vital patches aimed at improving overall system protection.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for samba fixes the following issues: - CVE-2016-2124: Fixed not to fallback to non spnego authentication if we require kerberos (bsc#1014440). - CVE-2020-25717: Fixed privilege escalation inside an AD Domain where a user could become root on domain members (bsc#1192284). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2021-3746=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2021-3746=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2021-3746=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8:

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References

#1014440 #1192284

Cross- CVE-2016-2124 CVE-2020-25717

CVSS scores:

CVE-2020-25717 (SUSE): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected Products:

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP3

HPE Helion Openstack 8

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2124.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25717.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1014440

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:3746-1
Rating: important

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