Race Condition Affecting samba package, versions <2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.5


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
8.02% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-SAMBA-357158
  • published12 Mar 2018
  • disclosed12 Mar 2018

Introduced: 12 Mar 2018

CVE-2017-2619  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 samba to version 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream samba package and not the samba package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Samba before versions 4.6.1, 4.5.7 and 4.4.11 are vulnerable to a malicious client using a symlink race to allow access to areas of the server file system not exported under the share definition.

CVSS Scores

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