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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5477-1 samba security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5647-1 samba security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-39007 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6238-1 Samba vulnerabilities
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History

Fri, 06 Nov 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Els
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Els

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 11:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-201

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000


Mon, 16 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-06T20:25:14.422Z

Reserved: 2023-06-07T21:11:04.262Z

Link: CVE-2023-34968

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-07-20T15:15:11.540

Modified: 2026-11-06T21:17:01.150

Link: CVE-2023-34968

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-07-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-34968 - Bugzilla

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