Issued:
2009-07-10
Updated:
2009-07-10

RHBA-2009:1150 - samba bug fix update

Synopsis

samba bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated samba packages that fix several bugs are now available.

Description

Samba is a suite of programs used by machines to share files, printers, and other information.

These updated samba packages provide fixes for the following bugs:

  • due to the method in which the Microsoft(r) Excel program saves files, in certain corner cases the access control list (ACL) inheritance rules could have been interpreted in the wrong order, and the owner of a file saved by Excel could have ended up losing access to that file. These updated packages include an adjusted fix for this problem which fixes the ACL inheritance so that saving an Excel file does not cause the owner to change. (BZ#501513)

  • a user who did not own a directory on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 machine accessed via Samba was also unable to write to that directory when its permissions were set to 733. The user should have been able to both write to and enter (but not list the contents of) a directory with such a permission mode. With this update, users are once again able to write to directories over Samba when they possess the appropriate permissions, thus resolving this issue. (BZ#501514)

All users of samba are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.3ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.3i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support5.3ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support5.3s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS5.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS5.3ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS5.3i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • samba-3.0.33-3.7.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm
  • samba-swat-3.0.33-3.7.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm
  • samba-3.0.33-3.7.el5_3.1.src.rpm
  • samba-client-3.0.33-3.7.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm
  • samba-swat-3.0.33-3.7.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm
  • samba-common-3.0.33-3.7.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm
  • samba-common-3.0.33-3.7.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm
  • samba-swat-3.0.33-3.7.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm
  • samba-common-3.0.33-3.7.el5_3.1.s390.rpm
  • samba-client-3.0.33-3.7.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm
  • samba-3.0.33-3.7.el5_3.1.i386.rpm
  • samba-client-3.0.33-3.7.el5_3.1.i386.rpm
  • samba-3.0.33-3.7.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm
  • samba-client-3.0.33-3.7.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm
  • samba-common-3.0.33-3.7.el5_3.1.i386.rpm
  • samba-swat-3.0.33-3.7.el5_3.1.i386.rpm
  • samba-3.0.33-3.7.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm
  • samba-common-3.0.33-3.7.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm
  • samba-client-3.0.33-3.7.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm
  • samba-common-3.0.33-3.7.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm
  • samba-common-3.0.33-3.7.el5_3.1.ppc64.rpm
  • samba-swat-3.0.33-3.7.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm
  • samba-3.0.33-3.7.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information