Security Bulletin: Vulnerability CVE-2019-10218 in Samba affects IBM i

Summary

Samba is supported on IBM i. IBM i has addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-10218
**DESCRIPTION:**A flaw was found in the samba client, all samba versions before samba 4.11.2, 4.10.10 and 4.9.15, where a malicious server can supply a pathname to the client with separators. This could allow the client to access files and folders outside of the SMB network pathnames. An attacker could use this vulnerability to create files outside of the current working directory using the privileges of the client user.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/170503 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The issue can be fixed by applying a PTF to IBM i.

Releases 7.4, 7.3, and 7.2 of IBM i are supported and will be fixed.

The IBM i PTF numbers are:

**Release 7.4 – SI71638
Release 7.3 – SI71637
Release 7.2 – SI71636 **

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_Important note: _IBM recommends that all users running unsupported versions of affected products upgrade to supported and fixed version of affected products.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None