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CVE-2021-20316

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Description

A flaw was found in the way Samba handled file/directory metadata. This flaw allows an authenticated attacker with permissions to read or modify share metadata, to perform this operation outside of the share.

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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-20316

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2009673

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20316

https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2021-20316.html

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14842

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-08-23

Updated: 2023-09-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00628

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