CVE-2017-12163
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.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| samba / samba | 4.6.0 | 4.6.8 |
| samba / samba | 4.5.0 | 4.5.14 |
| samba / samba | - | 4.4.16 |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_desktop | 7.0 | 7.0.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_workstation | 7.0 | 7.0.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_server | 7.0 | 7.0.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_desktop | 6.0 | 6.0.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_server | 6.0 | 6.0.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_workstation | 6.0 | 6.0.x |
| redhat / gluster_storage | 3.0 | 3.0.x |
| debian / debian_linux | 8.0 | 8.0.x |
| debian / debian_linux | 9.0 | 9.0.x |
- 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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12163
- 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.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-12163.html
- https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_17_57_Samba
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