CVE-2023-34968 (GCVE-0-2023-34968)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-20 14:58 – Updated: 2025-11-20 17:29
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Samba: spotlight server-side share path disclosure
Summary
A path disclosure vulnerability was found in Samba. As part of the Spotlight protocol, Samba discloses the server-side absolute path of shares, files, and directories in the results for search queries. This flaw allows a malicious client or an attacker with a targeted RPC request to view the information that is part of the disclosed path.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-201 - Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data
Assigner
References
11 references
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|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6667 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7139 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0423 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0580 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-34968 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222795 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2023-349… | |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… | x_transferred |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… | x_transferred |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2023073… | x_transferred |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5477 | x_transferred |
Impacted products
8 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 |
Unaffected:
0:4.18.6-1.el8 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support |
Unaffected:
0:4.15.5-15.el8_6 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream cpe:/o:redhat:rhev_hypervisor:4.4::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::crb |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support |
Unaffected:
0:4.17.5-5.el8_8 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8::baseos cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8::crb |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 |
Unaffected:
0:4.18.6-100.el9 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::resilientstorage |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 |
Unaffected:
0:4.15.5-15.el8_6 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream cpe:/o:redhat:rhev_hypervisor:4.4::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::crb |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
|
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
|
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Storage 3 |
cpe:/a:redhat:storage:3
|
Date Public
2023-07-19 00:00
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