# 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.

- Severity: CVSS 4.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-07-26 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Samba: 4.7, 4.6.8, 4.5.14, 4.4.16

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Samba, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

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

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