CVE-2023-34968: Samba: spotlight server-side share path disclosure

Description

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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2023-34968

Affected Products

Vendor: Red Hat

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.33% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 70.83% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6667
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7139
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0423
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0580
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-34968
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222795
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2023-34968.html

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