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samba — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2021-43566

All versions of Samba prior to 4.13.16 are vulnerable to a malicious client using an SMB1 or NFS race to allow a directory to be created in an area of the server file system not exported under the share definition. Note that SMB1 has to be enabled, or the share also available via NFS in order for this attack to succeed.

Products
samba
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2:4.16.0+dfsg-2
CVEs
CVE-2021-43566
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 01:42 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-43566

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Jan 2022, 16:15 UTC

All versions of Samba prior to 4.13.16 are vulnerable to a malicious client using an SMB1 or NFS race to allow a directory to be created in an area of the server file system not exported under the share definition. Note that SMB1 has to be enabled, or the share also available via NFS in order for this attack to succeed.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-43566

samba

Fixed versions: 2:4.16.0+dfsg-2

samba

Fixed versions: 2:4.16.0+dfsg-2

samba

Fixed versions: 2:4.16.0+dfsg-2

Complete source record
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