CVE-2009-2948

Published: 7 October 2009

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.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
samba Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Released (3.0.22-1ubuntu3.9)
	hardy	Released (3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.9)
	intrepid	Released (2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.6)
	jaunty	Released (2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3.2)
	upstream	Needs triage

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-839-1
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2948
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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