CVE-2017-12151 HIGH

CVE-2017-12151

Vendor Samba
Product samba
Weakness CWE-300
Published July 27, 2018
Last update August 5, 2024

CVSS base score

7.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 27, 2018 CVE published
August 5, 2024 Record updated