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CVE-2022-3592

A symlink following vulnerability was found in Samba, where a user can create a symbolic link that will make 'smbd' escape the configured share path. This flaw allows a remote user with access to the exported part of the file system under a share via SMB1 unix extensions or NFS to create symlinks to files outside the 'smbd' configured share path and gain access to another restricted server's filesystem.

Published

2023-01-12T15:15:10.273

Last Modified

2025-04-08T16:15:23.333

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-61
Type: Primary
CWE-59

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	samba	samba	< 4.17.2	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	36	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	37	Yes

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3592 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2137776 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06 ([email protected])
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2022-3592.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3592 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2137776 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2022-3592.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)