Security Bulletin
Summary
Samba is supported on IBM i. IBM i has addressed the applicable CVE.
This security bulletin has been updated, on June 21, 2019, as an additional IBM i PTF is available for IBM i 7.4.
Vulnerability Details
DESCRIPTION: Samba could allow a remote authenticated attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted "winreg_SaveKey" request to create a new registry hive file outside a Samba share.
CVSS Base Score: 6.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/159188 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
Remediation/Fixes
Release 7.2 – SI69591
Release 7.3 – SI69592
Release 7.4 – SI69593
https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
Important note: IBM recommends that all users running unsupported versions of affected products upgrade to supported and fixed version of affected products.
Workarounds and Mitigations
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References
Change History
12 April 2019: Original Document Published
21 June 2019: Updated to include IBM i 7.4 release information
15 August 2022: Fixed broken link
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
Disclaimer
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
15 August 2022
UID
ibm10880621