CVE-2023-4091CWE-276

Samba: smb clients can truncate files with read-only permissions

Medium · published November 3, 2023

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
70.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability was discovered in Samba, where the flaw allows SMB clients to truncate files, even with read-only permissions when the Samba VFS module "acl_xattr" is configured with "acl_xattr:ignore system acls = yes". The SMB protocol allows opening files when the client requests read-only access but then implicitly truncates the opened file to 0 bytes if the client specifies a separate OVERWRITE create disposition request. The issue arises in configurations that bypass kernel file system permissions checks, relying solely on Samba's permissions.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01334 · 70.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-276 · Incorrect Default Permissions
Published
2023-11-03T07:56Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 NOV 07:56Z
    Samba: smb clients can truncate files with read-only permissions
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