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CVE-2017-12163

Samba: Server memory information leak over SMB1

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.1

CVSS 3.0

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Published · September 20, 2017

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

An information leak flaw was found in the way SMB1 protocol was implemented by Samba. 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 score applicability

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Mitigation

As this is an SMB1-only vulnerability, it can be avoided by setting the server to only use SMB2 via adding:

server min protocol = SMB2_02

to the [global] section of your smb.conf and restarting smbd.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 4.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor