ctdb, libsmbclient, libwbclient, samba security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2017:1950

Samba is an open-source implementation of the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol and the related Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocol, which allow PC-compatible machines to share files, printers, and various information.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: samba (4.6.2). (BZ#1391954)

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)

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-cr-announce/2017-August/030802.html

Affected packages:
ctdb
ctdb-tests
libsmbclient
libsmbclient-devel
libwbclient
libwbclient-devel
samba
samba-client
samba-client-libs
samba-common
samba-common-libs
samba-common-tools
samba-dc
samba-dc-libs
samba-devel
samba-krb5-printing
samba-libs
samba-pidl
samba-python
samba-test
samba-test-libs
samba-vfs-glusterfs
samba-winbind
samba-winbind-clients
samba-winbind-krb5-locator
samba-winbind-modules

Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1950