CVE-2017-2619

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-2619
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-03-12 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2022-08-29 20:20:00 UTC
DescriptionSamba before versions 4.6.1, 4.5.7 and 4.4.11 are vulnerable to a malicious client using a symlink race to allow access to areas of the server file system not exported under the share definition.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-362 | CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 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
Application Samba Samba All All All All
Application Samba Samba 4.4.11 All All All
Application Samba Samba 4.5.7 All All All
Application Samba Samba 4.6.1 All All All
Application Samba Samba 4.4.11 All All All
Application Samba Samba 4.5.7 All All All
Application Samba Samba 4.6.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 1429472 – CVE-2017-2619 samba: symlink race permits opening files outside share directory CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Samba CVE-2017-2619 Symlink Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Samba 4.5.2 - Symlink Race Permits Opening Files Outside Share Directory EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
HPE Support document - HPE Support Center CONFIRM h20566.www2.hpe.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Samba - Security Announcement Archive CONFIRM www.samba.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3816-1 samba DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Samba Symlink Race Condition Lets Remote Authenticated Users View Non-Exported Files on the Target System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378151 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for samba-winbind-krb5-locator (VZLSA-2017:2789)
  • 378315 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for libsmbclient (VZLSA-2017:1265)
  • 500631 Alpine Linux Security Update for samba
  • 504395 Alpine Linux Security Update for samba

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