Low: samba security, bug fix, and enhancement update

2023-05-1600:00:00

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osv.dev

samba

gnutls

bug fix

enhancement

update

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

6.2 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

38.7%

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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.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: samba (4.17.5). (BZ#2132051)

Security Fix(es):

samba: GnuTLS gnutls_rnd() can fail and give predictable random values (CVE-2022-1615)

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.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.