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FreeBSD: VID-2826317B-10EC-11E7-944E-000C292E4FD8 (CVE-2017-2619): samba -- symlink race allows access outside share definition

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FreeBSD: VID-2826317B-10EC-11E7-944E-000C292E4FD8 (CVE-2017-2619): samba -- symlink race allows access outside share definition

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/23/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/25/2017
Modified
08/17/2018

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.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-samba36
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-samba4
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-samba41
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-samba42
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-samba43
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-samba44
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-samba45
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-samba46

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