CVE-2009-2948
First published: Wed Oct 07 2009(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Samba Samba | >=3.4.0<3.4.2 | |
| Samba Samba | >=3.3.0<3.3.8 | |
| Samba Samba | >=3.2.0<3.2.15 | |
| Samba Samba | >=3.0.0<3.0.37 |
Remedy
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.561439
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Reference Links
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-839-1
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00095.html
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.561439
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36918
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36953
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2810
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36937
- http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2009-2948.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36893
- http://osvdb.org/58520
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00098.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022975
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36572
- http://news.samba.org/releases/3.3.8/
- http://news.samba.org/releases/3.4.2/
- http://news.samba.org/releases/3.2.15/
- http://news.samba.org/releases/3.0.37/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53574
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7087
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10434
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- vendor/samba
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- version/samba samba/3.4.0
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- version/samba samba/3.2.0
- version/samba samba/3.0.0