SUSE-SU-2017:1396-1

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    SUSE-SU-2017:1396-1

    Published: 24 May 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-7494
    Aliases:
    CVE-2017-7494

    Summary: Security update for samba

    Details: This update for samba fixes the following issue: - An unprivileged user with access to the samba server could cause smbd to load a specially crafted shared library, which then had the ability to execute arbitrary code on the server as 'root'. [CVE-2017-7494, bso#12780, bsc#1038231]

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20171396-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1038231, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7494

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: samba

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.2.4-18.41.1

    Affected versions

    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