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CVE-2023-34968

Publication date 19 July 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

A path disclosure vulnerability was found in Samba. As part of the Spotlight protocol, Samba discloses the server-side absolute path of shares, files, and directories in the results for search queries. This flaw allows a malicious client or an attacker with a targeted RPC request to view the information that is part of the disclosed path.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
samba 24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 2:4.18.5+dfsg-1ubuntu1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 2:4.18.5+dfsg-1ubuntu1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 2:4.17.7+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 2:4.16.8+dfsg-0ubuntu1.2
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu1.2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.3
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation

Notes

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spotlight support was enabled in ubuntu packages in 2:4.13.2+dfsg-3ubuntu1 (Ubuntu 21.04 / hirsute) and in the 2:4.13.14+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 backport to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / focal. Older versions are not affected *unless* it is decided to backport a newer version to address other open security issues; see https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1950363 for details.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.3 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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