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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-43566: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-43566: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Severity
1
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/11/2022
Created
03/22/2024
Added
03/21/2024
Modified
03/22/2024

Description

All versions of Samba prior to 4.13.16 are vulnerable to a malicious client using an SMB1 or NFS race to allow a directory to be created in an area of the server file system not exported under the share definition. Note that SMB1 has to be enabled, or the share also available via NFS in order for this attack to succeed.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-samba

References

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