CVE-2015-5296 describes a man-in-the-middle vulnerability in Samba versions 3.x and 4.x, affecting various distributions including Canonical and Debian. This flaw allows attackers to downgrade encrypted but unsigned connections to unencrypted ones by manipulating the data stream. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.4), it requires high attack complexity but could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impact without user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion for this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 3.2.0, < 4.1.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.2.0, < 4.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.3.0, < 4.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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