RHSA-2021:5192 — Security Advisory

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 Important. 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.

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: Active Directory (AD) domain user could become root on domain members (CVE-2020-25717)

• samba: SMB1 client connections can be downgraded to plaintext authentication (CVE-2016-2124)

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):

• Backport IDL changes to harden Kerberos communication (BZ#2021428)