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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2020-14318: Security patch for samba (ALAS-2021-1469)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2020-14318: Security patch for samba (ALAS-2021-1469)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
10/30/2020
Created
01/20/2021
Added
01/15/2021
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-samba

References

  • ALAS-2021-1469
  • CVE-2020-14318
  • USN-4611-1
  • USN-4931-1

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