| Name | CVE-2021-20316 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1004690 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| samba (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2:4.2.14+dfsg-0+deb8u16 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 2:4.5.16+dfsg-1+deb9u4 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2:4.5.16+dfsg-1+deb9u5 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u5 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2:4.13.13+dfsg-1~deb11u6 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 2:4.17.12+dfsg-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2:4.21.1+dfsg-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| samba | source | experimental | 2:4.16.0+dfsg-1 | | | |
| samba | source | (unstable) | 2:4.16.0+dfsg-2 | | | 1004690 |
Notes
[bullseye] - samba <ignored> (Minor issue; no backport to older versions, mitigations exists)
[buster] - samba <ignored> (Minor issue; no backport to older versions, mitigations exists)
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2021-20316.html
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14842
[stretch] - samba <ignored> (Minor issue; no backport to older versions, mitigations exists)
[jessie] - samba <ignored> (Minor issue; no backport to older versions, mitigations exists)