MGASA-2016-0106

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    MGASA-2016-0106

    Published: 10 Mar 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-7560

    Summary: Updated samba packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Jeremy Allison discovered that Samba incorrectly handled ACLs on symlink paths. A remote attacker could use this issue to overwrite the ownership of ACLs using symlinks (CVE-2015-7560).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0106.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17911, https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2015-7560.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2922-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: samba

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/samba?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.6.25-2.2.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High