CVE-2015-5299 Missing authorization in n/a

What is CVE-2015-5299?

CVE-2015-5299 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 29 Dec 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5299?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Samba Samba.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5299?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2015-5299 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5299 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5299, ECHO-7ef2-e588-3c1d, GHSA-f55c-cff2-h6j3, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5299.