CVE-2017-2619

Publication date 23 March 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
samba 17.04 zesty
Fixed 2:4.5.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.17.04.1
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 2:4.4.5+dfsg-2ubuntu5.4
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.5
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.6
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 2:3.6.25-0ubuntu0.12.04.9
samba4 17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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