Synopsis:          Low: samba security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2017:1950-1
Issue Date:        2017-08-01
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2017-9461
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The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version:
samba (4.6.2).

Security Fix(es):

* A flaw was found in the way Samba handled dangling symlinks. An
authenticated malicious Samba client could use this flaw to cause the smbd
daemon to enter an infinite loop and use an excessive amount of CPU and
memory. (CVE-2017-9461)
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SL7
  x86_64
    libsmbclient-4.6.2-8.el7.i686.rpm
    libsmbclient-4.6.2-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
    libwbclient-4.6.2-8.el7.i686.rpm
    libwbclient-4.6.2-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
    samba-client-4.6.2-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
    samba-client-libs-4.6.2-8.el7.i686.rpm
    samba-client-libs-4.6.2-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
    samba-common-libs-4.6.2-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
    samba-common-tools-4.6.2-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
    samba-debuginfo-4.6.2-8.el7.i686.rpm
    samba-debuginfo-4.6.2-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
    samba-krb5-printing-4.6.2-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
    samba-libs-4.6.2-8.el7.i686.rpm
    samba-libs-4.6.2-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
    samba-winbind-4.6.2-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
    samba-winbind-clients-4.6.2-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
    samba-winbind-modules-4.6.2-8.el7.i686.rpm
    samba-winbind-modules-4.6.2-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
    libsmbclient-devel-4.6.2-8.el7.i686.rpm
    libsmbclient-devel-4.6.2-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
    libwbclient-devel-4.6.2-8.el7.i686.rpm
    libwbclient-devel-4.6.2-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
    samba-4.6.2-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
    samba-dc-4.6.2-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
    samba-dc-libs-4.6.2-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
    samba-devel-4.6.2-8.el7.i686.rpm
    samba-devel-4.6.2-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
    samba-python-4.6.2-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
    samba-test-4.6.2-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
    samba-test-libs-4.6.2-8.el7.i686.rpm
    samba-test-libs-4.6.2-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
    samba-vfs-glusterfs-4.6.2-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
    samba-winbind-krb5-locator-4.6.2-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
  noarch
    samba-common-4.6.2-8.el7.noarch.rpm
    samba-pidl-4.6.2-8.el7.noarch.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team