RHSA-2016:0011Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: samba security update

Published
January 7, 2016
Last Modified
November 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (3)

CVE-2015-5252 →CVE-2015-5296 →CVE-2015-5299 →

📋 Description

CVE-2015-5252 — samba: Insufficient symlink verification in smbd CVE-2015-5296 — samba: client requesting encryption vulnerable to downgrade attack CVE-2015-5299 — Samba: Missing access control check in shadow copy code

🎯 Affected products163

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.23-24.el6_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.23-24.el6_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.23-24.el6_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.23-24.el6_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.23-24.el6_7.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.23-24.el6_7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.23-24.el6_7.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.23-24.el6_7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.23-24.el6_7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.23-24.el6_7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.23-24.el6_7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libsmbclient-0:3.6.23-24.el6_7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • libsmbclient-devel-0:3.6.23-24.el6_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • libsmbclient-devel-0:3.6.23-24.el6_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • libsmbclient-devel-0:3.6.23-24.el6_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • libsmbclient-devel-0:3.6.23-24.el6_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • libsmbclient-devel-0:3.6.23-24.el6_7.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • libsmbclient-devel-0:3.6.23-24.el6_7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • libsmbclient-devel-0:3.6.23-24.el6_7.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • libsmbclient-devel-0:3.6.23-24.el6_7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • libsmbclient-devel-0:3.6.23-24.el6_7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • libsmbclient-devel-0:3.6.23-24.el6_7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

🔗 References (6)