RHSA-2020:3981 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: samba security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · September 30, 2020
Updated · June 25, 2026
Topic
An update for samba is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
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.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: samba (4.10.16). (BZ#1785121)
Security Fix(es):
- 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 7.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.