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CVE-2009-2948

mount.cifs in Samba 3.0 before 3.0.37, 3.2 before 3.2.15, 3.3 before 3.3.8 and 3.4 before 3.4.2, when mount.cifs is installed suid root, does not properly enforce permissions, which allows local users to read part of the credentials file and obtain the password by specifying the path to the credentials file and using the --verbose or -v option.

Published

2009-10-07T18:30:00.920

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 1.9 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-732

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	samba	samba	< 3.0.37	Yes
Application	samba	samba	< 3.2.15	Yes
Application	samba	samba	< 3.3.8	Yes
Application	samba	samba	< 3.4.2	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://news.samba.org/releases/3.0.37/ Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://news.samba.org/releases/3.2.15/ Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://news.samba.org/releases/3.3.8/ Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://news.samba.org/releases/3.4.2/ Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/58520 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/36893 Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/36918 Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/36937 Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/36953 Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.561439 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2009-2948.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36572 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022975 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-839-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2810 Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53574 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10434 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7087 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00095.html Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00098.html Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://news.samba.org/releases/3.0.37/ Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://news.samba.org/releases/3.2.15/ Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://news.samba.org/releases/3.3.8/ Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://news.samba.org/releases/3.4.2/ Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/58520 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36893 Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36918 Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36937 Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36953 Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.561439 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2009-2948.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36572 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022975 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-839-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2810 Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53574 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10434 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7087 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00095.html Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00098.html Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)