CVE-2022-3592

NameCVE-2022-3592
DescriptionA 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
samba (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye2:4.13.13+dfsg-1~deb11u6fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)2:4.17.12+dfsg-0+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie2:4.21.1+dfsg-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
sambasourceexperimental2:4.17.2+dfsg-1
sambasource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- samba <not-affected> (Vulnerable code only in 4.17.0 and later)
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2022-3592.html

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