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CVE-2017-12163

Published: 20 September 2017

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
samba
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful
Released (2:4.6.7+dfsg-1ubuntu3)
trusty
Released (2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.12)
upstream
Released (4.6.8,4.5.14,4.4.16)
xenial
Released (2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.11)
zesty
Released (2:4.5.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.17.04.7)
Patches:
upstream: https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=commit;h=bf85c3d4ed7a4f1a0be4e16faf5d9b562940d33d
upstream: https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=commit;h=a43b36f5514de38b8a072bfbeb172316045c2ad0
upstream: https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=commit;h=c848b104aa2293f55c14722d99cf788dafc442cb

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.1
Attack vector Adjacent
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N