Path Equivalence Affecting samba-common package, versions <0:4.2.3-11.el7_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.06% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-SAMBACOMMON-5113483
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed16 Dec 2015

Introduced: 16 Dec 2015

CVE-2015-5252  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-41  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 samba-common to version 0:4.2.3-11.el7_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:0006.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream samba-common package and not the samba-common package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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