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CVE-2017-12163 Details

Description

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.1 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:4.1 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2789	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2790	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2791	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2858	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12163	CVE	Issue TrackingMitigationThird Party Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbns03775en_us	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20170921-0001/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03817en_us	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3983	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-12163.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_17_57_Samba	CVE	MitigationThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100925	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039401	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2789	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2790	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2791	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2858	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12163	[email protected]	Issue TrackingMitigationThird Party Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbns03775en_us	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20170921-0001/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03817en_us	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3983	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-12163.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_17_57_Samba	[email protected]	MitigationThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100925	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039401	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-200	Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor	[email protected]
CWE-200	Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
samba samba	< 4.4.16 >= 4.5.0, < 4.5.14 >= 4.6.0, < 4.6.8
CPE cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux desktop	6.0 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux server	6.0 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux workstation	6.0 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat gluster storage	3.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:redhat:gluster_storage:3.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux	6.0 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	8.0 9.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 12, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 2, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 9, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 22, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2018	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Jul 31, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 28, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]

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