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SUSE-SU-2021:1492-1 Not scored

Security update for samba

This update for samba fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-20254: Fixed a buffer overrun in sids_to_unixids() (bsc#1184677). - Avoid free'ing our own pointer in memcache when memcache_trim attempts to reduce cache size (bsc#1179156). - Adjust smbcacls '--propagate-inheritance' feature to align with upstream (bsc#1178469).

Exploit probability Not scored
Published May 4, 2021
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 samba
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP3 samba
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP4 samba
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL samba
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS samba
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS samba
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 samba
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 samba
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 8 samba
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 9 samba
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 samba
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 samba

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2021:1492-1

This update for samba fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-20254: Fixed a buffer overrun in sids_to_unixids() (bsc#1184677). - Avoid free'ing our own pointer in memcache when memcache_trim attempts to reduce cache size (bsc#1179156). - Adjust smbcacls '--propagate-inheritance' feature to align with upstream (bsc#1178469).

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence