Information Exposure Affecting samba package, versions <0:4.6.2-11.36.amzn1
Threat Intelligence
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- published27 Sept 2021
- disclosed26 Jul 2018
Introduced: 26 Jul 2018
CVE-2017-12163 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 samba to version 0:4.6.2-11.36.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2017-909.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream samba package and not the samba package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100925
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12163
- 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://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03817en_us
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-12163.html
- https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_17_57_Samba
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12163
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3983
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2789
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2790
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2791
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2858
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039401
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12163
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1491206