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CVE-2017-12151

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.

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
SambaSamba
before 4.4.16
from 4.5.0 before 4.5.14
from 4.6.0 before 4.6.8
DebianDebian Linux
Versions 8.0, 9.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux
Version 7.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Desktop
Version 7.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Server Aus
Version 7.4
RedhatEnterprise Linux Server Eus
Versions 7.4, 7.5
RedhatEnterprise Linux Workstation
Version 7.0
HpCifs Server
Version b.04.05.11.00

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