CVE-2021-44141
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CVE-2021-44141 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 4.3/10 on the CVSS scale. All versions of Samba prior to 4.15.5 are vulnerable to a malicious client using a server symlink to determine if a file or directory exists in an area of the server file system not exported under the share definition. SMB1 with unix extensions has to be enabled in order for this attack to succeed.. EPSS estimates a 1.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
All versions of Samba prior to 4.15.5 are vulnerable to a malicious client using a server symlink to determine if a file or directory exists in an area of the server file system not exported under the share definition. SMB1 with unix extensions has to be enabled in order for this attack to succeed.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Samba | Samba | < 4.15.5 |
| Redhat | Storage | 3.0 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 34 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 35 |
References
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2021-44141.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2021-44141.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Modified
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