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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-20316: Samba: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N)
Published
Aug 23, 2022
Added
Sep 18, 2023
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the way Samba handled file/directory metadata. This flaw allows an authenticated attacker with permissions to read or modify share metadata, to perform this operation outside of the share.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-fs-samba
Title
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