vulnerability
Samba CVE-2017-12151: Numerous CVEs. Please see the announcements for details.
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) | Sep 29, 2017 | Sep 29, 2017 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Sep 29, 2017
Added
Sep 29, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the way samba client before samba 4.4.16, samba 4.5.14 and samba 4.6.8 used encryption with the max protocol set as SMB3. The connection could lose the requirement for signing and encrypting to any DFS redirects, allowing an attacker to read or alter the contents of the connection via a man-in-the-middle attack.
Solutions
samba-upgrade-4_4_16samba-upgrade-4_5_14samba-upgrade-4_6_8
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