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CVE-2015-5252
vfs.c in smbd in Samba 3.x and 4.x before 4.1.22,...
Vulnerability Description
vfs.c in smbd in Samba 3.x and 4.x before 4.1.22, 4.2.x before 4.2.7, and 4.3.x before 4.3.3, when share names with certain substring relationships exist, allows remote attackers to bypass intended file-access restrictions via a symlink that points outside of a share.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79733
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174391.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00042.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2855-2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00019.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00020.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1290288
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00032.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00046.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174076.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00047.html
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05115993
- https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4278ef25f64d5fdbf432ff1534e275416ec9561e
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034493
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3433
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00048.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-47
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2015-5252.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2855-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00033.html
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
samba, ubuntu linux, debian linux
Vulnerable Versions:
3.0.0, 4.2.0, 4.3.0, 12.04, 14.04, 15.04, 15.10, 7.0, 8.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 29th, 2015
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.