(RHSA-2020:1878) Moderate: samba security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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 (4.11.2). (BZ#1754409)

Security Fix(es):

• samba: Combination of parameters and permissions can allow user to escape from the share path definition (CVE-2019-10197)

• samba: smb client vulnerable to filenames containing path separators (CVE-2019-10218)

• samba: Crash after failed character conversion at log level 3 or above (CVE-2019-14907)

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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Release Notes linked from the References section.