Australian Cyber Security Centre
Background /What has happened?
A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability (CVE-2021-44142) has been identified in Samba versions prior to 4.13.17. Samba is a popular open source implementation of the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol, which allows users of Linux, Windows and MacOS operating systems to share and print files across a network.
Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to remotely install malware or otherwise control the affected device.
Samba's vendor list shows the potential devices and software that may be affected by this vulnerability.
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