CVE-2017-12163

Summary

CVECVE-2017-12163
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-26 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:27:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Gluster Storage 3.0 All All All
Application Redhat Gluster Storage 3.0 All All All
Application Samba Samba All All All All
Application Samba Samba All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Document Display | HPE Support Center CONFIRM support.hpe.com Third Party Advisory
1491206 – (CVE-2017-12163) CVE-2017-12163 Samba: Server memory information leak over SMB1 CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
Samba - Security Announcement Archive CONFIRM www.samba.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Samba CVE-2017-12163 Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Synology-SA-17:57 Samba | Synology Inc. CONFIRM www.synology.com Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
Document Display | HPE Support Center CONFIRM h20566.www2.hpe.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3983-1 samba DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CVE-2017-12163 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Bug 1491206 – CVE-2017-12163 Samba: Server memory information leak over SMB1 MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Samba Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Hijack Connections and Remote Authenticated Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
September 2017 Samba Vulnerabilities in NetApp StorageGRID Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378135 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for samba4-common (VZLSA-2017:2791)
  • 378151 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for samba-winbind-krb5-locator (VZLSA-2017:2789)
  • 500632 Alpine Linux Security Update for samba
  • 504396 Alpine Linux Security Update for samba

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