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Status published
Medium
CVE-2017-12163
An information leak flaw was found in the way SMB1...
Vulnerability Description
An information leak flaw was found in the way SMB1 protocol was implemented by Samba before 4.4.16, 4.5.x before 4.5.14, and 4.6.x before 4.6.8. A malicious client could use this flaw to dump server memory contents to a file on the samba share or to a shared printer, though the exact area of server memory cannot be controlled by the attacker.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbns03775en_us
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20170921-0001/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2790
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100925
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-12163.html
- https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_17_57_Samba
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03817en_us
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3983
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2858
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039401
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12163
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2789
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2791
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Vulnerable Versions:
4.7, 4.6.8, 4.5.14, 4.4.16
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 26th, 2018
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N