CVE-2017-12163

MEDIUM

Samba <4.4.16-4.6.8 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (13)

Core 13
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20170921-0001/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2790
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100925
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-12163.html
Mitigation, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_17_57_Samba
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3983
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2858
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039401
Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12163
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2789
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2791

Scores

CVSS v3 4.1
EPSS 0.4138
EPSS Percentile 97.5%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (10)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0
redhat/gluster_storage 3.0
samba/samba < 4.4.16
Published Jul 26, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026