SUSE-SU-2021:1445-1

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    SUSE-SU-2021:1445-1

    Published: 29 Apr 2021Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-20254

    Summary: Security update for samba

    Details: This update for samba fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-20254: Fixed a buffer overrun in sids_to_unixids() (bsc#1184677). - Avoid free'ing our own pointer in memcache when memcache_trim attempts to reduce cache size (bsc#1179156). - Adjust smbcacls '--propagate-inheritance' feature to align with upstream (bsc#1178469).

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20211445-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178469, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179156, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1184677, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20254

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: samba

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2015

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.7.11+git.316.432f0218290-4.54.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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