UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12163

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12163

    Published: 20 Sept 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-12163

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12163, https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-12163.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3426-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3426-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12163

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: samba

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/samba@2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.12?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.12

    Affected versions

    2:3.6.18-1ubuntu3

    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
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