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Medium RLSA-2022:2074 2 CVEs

Moderate: samba security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published May 10, 2022 · Updated Feb 5, 2026

Ecosystem: Rocky Linux

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 (4.15.5). (BZ#2013596)

Security Fix(es):

* samba: Symlink race error can allow metadata read and modify outside of the exported share (CVE-2021-20316)

* samba: Information leak via symlinks of existance of files or directories outside of the exported share (CVE-2021-44141)

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 Rocky Linux 8.6 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 8 samba 0:4.15.5-5.el8

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1979959
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1995849
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1999294
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2009673
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2013596
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2019461
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2028029
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2035528
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2038148
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2038796
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2043154
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2044404
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2046120
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2049602
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2057503
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2064325