SUSE-SU-2016:0816-1

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    SUSE-SU-2016:0816-1

    Published: 18 Mar 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
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    Summary: Security update for samba

    Details: This update for the samba server fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed: - CVE-2015-7560: Getting and setting Windows ACLs on symlinks can change permissions on link target; (bso#11648); (bsc#968222). Other bugs fixed: - Enable clustering (CTDB) support; (bsc#966271). - s3: smbd: Fix timestamp rounding inside SMB2 create; (bso#11703); (bsc#964023). - vfs_fruit: Fix renaming directories with open files; (bso#11065). - Fix MacOS finder error 36 when copying folder to Samba; (bso#11347). - s3:smbd/oplock: Obey kernel oplock setting when releasing oplocks; (bso#11400). - Fix copying files with vfs_fruit when using vfs_streams_xattr without stream prefix and type suffix; (bso#11466). - s3:libsmb: Correctly initialize the list head when keeping a list of primary followed by DFS connections; (bso#11624). - Reduce the memory footprint of empty string options; (bso#11625). - lib/async_req: Do not install async_connect_send_test; (bso#11639). - docs: Fix typos in man vfs_gpfs; (bso#11641). - smbd: make 'hide dot files' option work with 'store dos attributes = yes'; (bso#11645). - smbcacls: Fix uninitialized variable; (bso#11682). - s3:smbd: Ignore initial allocation size for directory creation; (bso#11684). - Add quotes around path of update-apparmor-samba-profile; (bsc#962177). - Prevent access denied if the share path is '/'; (bso#11647); (bsc#960249). - Ensure samlogon fallback requests are rerouted after kerberos failure; (bsc#953972). - samba: winbind crash -> netlogon_creds_client_authenticator; (bsc#953972)

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: samba

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.2.4-11.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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