UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7494

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7494

    Published: 24 May 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-7494

    Summary:

    Details: Samba since version 3.5.0 and before 4.6.4, 4.5.10 and 4.4.14 is vulnerable to remote code execution vulnerability, allowing a malicious client to upload a shared library to a writable share, and then cause the server to load and execute it.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7494, https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-7494.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3296-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3296-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7494, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: samba

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/samba@2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.8?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.8

    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