CVE-2017-2619

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

1.0

Description

Samba before versions 4.6.1, 4.5.7 and 4.4.11 are vulnerable to a malicious client using a symlink race to allow access to areas of the server file system not exported under the share definition.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-41740 remote multiple verified

Google Security Research · 2017-03-27

Samba 4.5.2 - Symlink Race Permits Opening Files Outside Share Directory

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`2:4.5.6+dfsg-2`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`2:4.5.6+dfsg-2`
debian	forky	fixed	`2:4.5.6+dfsg-2`
debian	sid	fixed	`2:4.5.6+dfsg-2`
debian	trixie	fixed	`2:4.5.6+dfsg-2`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.