Incorrect Privilege Assignment Affecting samba-devel package, versions <0:4.13.3-3.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-SAMBADEVEL-3997713
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed29 Oct 2020

Introduced: 29 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-14318  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-266  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 samba-devel to version 0:4.13.3-3.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:1647.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream samba-devel package and not the samba-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in the way samba handled file and directory permissions. An authenticated user could use this flaw to gain access to certain file and directory information which otherwise would be unavailable to the attacker.

CVSS Scores

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