SB2023101138 - SUSE update for samba



SB2023101138 - SUSE update for samba

Published: October 11, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023101138
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4091)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to truncate read-only files.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in the way SMB protocol implementation in Samba handles file operations. A remote user can request read-only access to files and then truncate them to 0 bytes by opening files with OVERWRITE disposition when using the acl_xattr Samba VFS module with the smb.conf setting "acl_xattr:ignore system acls = yes".


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.