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Low ALSA-2023:2987 1 CVE

Low: samba security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published May 16, 2023 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

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.

Fixed packages 34

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 ctdb 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 libnetapi 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 libnetapi-devel 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 libsmbclient 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 libsmbclient-devel 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 libwbclient 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 libwbclient-devel 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 python3-samba 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 python3-samba-dc 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 python3-samba-devel 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 python3-samba-test 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 samba 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 samba-client 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 samba-client-libs 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 samba-common 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 samba-common-libs 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 samba-common-tools 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 samba-dc-libs 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 samba-dcerpc 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 samba-devel 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 samba-krb5-printing 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 samba-ldb-ldap-modules 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 samba-libs 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 samba-pidl 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 samba-test 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 samba-test-libs 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 samba-tools 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 samba-usershares 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 samba-vfs-iouring 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 samba-winbind 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 samba-winbind-clients 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 samba-winbind-krb5-locator 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 samba-winbind-modules 4.17.5-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 samba-winexe 4.17.5-2.el8

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1615
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2122649
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-2987.html