CVE-2017-12163

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    CVE-2017-12163

    Published: 26 Jul 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039401, 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, 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.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3983, https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_17_57_Samba, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12163, https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-12163.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -89edb76883be2d19f490ea9b5d898ac37f8b60f1

    Affected versions

    samba-4.5.13
    samba-4.5.12
    samba-4.5.11
    samba-4.5.9
    samba-4.5.6
    samba-4.5.5
    samba-4.5.4
    samba-4.5.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High