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CVE-2017-12163 Detail

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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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100925 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039401 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2789 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2790 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2791 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2858 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12163 Issue Tracking  Mitigation  Third Party Advisory 
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbns03775en_us Third Party Advisory 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20170921-0001/ Third Party Advisory 
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03817en_us Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3983 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-12163.html Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_17_57_Samba Mitigation  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor cwe source acceptance level NIST   Red Hat, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-12163
NVD Published Date:
07/26/2018
NVD Last Modified:
02/12/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.