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https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2023/rhsa-2023_7371.json

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:           Moderate: samba security update
Advisory ID:        RHSA-2023:7371-01
Product:            Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7371
Issue date:         2023-11-21
Revision:           01
CVE Names:          CVE-2023-3961
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Summary: 

An update for samba is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.




Description:

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.

Security Fix(es):

* samba: smbd allows client access to unix domain sockets on the file system as root (CVE-2023-3961)

* samba: SMB clients can truncate files with read-only permissions (CVE-2023-4091)

* samba: \"rpcecho\" development server allows denial of service via sleep() call on AD DC (CVE-2023-42669)

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.


Solution:

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



CVEs:

CVE-2023-3961

References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241881
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241882
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241884