High severity · published Jul 26, 2018
CVE-2017-12163
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
7.1
CVSS
7.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.6% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
GS
Gluster Storage · Redhat
3.0 · source: NVD
SA
Samba · Samba
before 4.4.16; 4.5.0 before 4.5.14; 4.6.0 before 4.6.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12163
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12163
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100925
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039401
Third Party Advisory
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
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