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.
Published: 2018-07-26
Score: 4.1 Medium
EPSS: 41.4% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1110-1 samba security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3983-1 samba security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3426-1 Samba vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3426-2 Samba vulnerabilities
History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.19272}

epss

{'score': 0.27333}


Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Desktop Enterprise Linux Server Enterprise Linux Workstation Gluster Storage Storage
Samba Samba
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:28:16.539Z

Reserved: 2017-08-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-12163

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-07-26T16:29:00.263

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:08:57.650

Link: CVE-2017-12163

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-09-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-12163 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses