Information Exposure Affecting samba package, versions [,4.1.22)[4.2.0, 4.2.7)[4.3.0, 4.3.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SAMBA-2370507
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed29 Dec 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Dec 2015

CVE-2015-5299  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade samba to version 4.1.22, 4.2.7, 4.3.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. The shadow_copy2_get_shadow_copy_data function in modules/vfs_shadow_copy2.c 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 does not verify that the DIRECTORY_LIST access right has been granted, which allows remote attackers to access snapshots by visiting a shadow copy directory.

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