CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-5252

Published: Dec 29, 2015 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.2
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
4.3 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Samba Samba 3.0.0 (including) 4.1.22 (excluding)
Samba Samba 4.2.0 (including) 4.2.7 (excluding)
Samba Samba 4.3.0 (including) 4.3.3 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat samba4-0:4.0.0-67.el6_7.rc4 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat samba-0:3.6.23-24.el6_7 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat samba-0:4.2.3-11.el7_2 *
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 RedHat samba-0:4.1.17-16.el6rhs *
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 7 RedHat samba-0:4.2.4-9.1.el7rhgs *
Samba Ubuntu devel *
Samba Ubuntu precise *
Samba Ubuntu trusty *
Samba Ubuntu upstream *
Samba Ubuntu vivid *
Samba Ubuntu wily *
Samba Ubuntu xenial *
Samba Ubuntu yakkety *
Samba Ubuntu zesty *
Samba4 Ubuntu precise *
Samba4 Ubuntu upstream *

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