Incorrect Default Permissions Affecting samba-devel package, versions <0:4.15.5-13.el8_6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-SAMBADEVEL-6076553
  • published22 Nov 2023
  • disclosed10 Oct 2023

Introduced: 10 Oct 2023

CVE-2023-4091  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-276  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 samba-devel to version 0:4.15.5-13.el8_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:7408.

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 vulnerability was discovered in Samba, where the flaw allows SMB clients to truncate files, even with read-only permissions when the Samba VFS module "acl_xattr" is configured with "acl_xattr:ignore system acls = yes". The SMB protocol allows opening files when the client requests read-only access but then implicitly truncates the opened file to 0 bytes if the client specifies a separate OVERWRITE create disposition request. The issue arises in configurations that bypass kernel file system permissions checks, relying solely on Samba's permissions.

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