Critical: samba security and bug fix update

Topic

An update for samba is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. 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: Out-of-bounds heap read/write vulnerability in VFS module vfs_fruit allows code execution (CVE-2021-44142)

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.

Bug Fix(es):

• Fix username map script regression introduced with CVE-2020-25717 (BZ#2046173)

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.

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.4 s390x
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 aarch64

Fixes

• BZ - 2046146 - CVE-2021-44142 samba: Out-of-bounds heap read/write vulnerability in VFS module vfs_fruit allows code execution
• BZ - 2046173 - Failed to authenticate users after upgrade samba package to release samba-4.14.5-7x [rhel-8.4.0.z]

CVEs

• CVE-2021-44142

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical