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CVE-2007-2444 Detail

Description

Logic error in the SID/Name translation functionality in smbd in Samba 3.0.23d through 3.0.25pre2 allows local users to gain temporary privileges and execute SMB/CIFS protocol operations via unspecified vectors that cause the daemon to transition to the root user.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (05/15/2007)

Not vulnerable. These issues did not affect the versions of Samba as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

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Hyperlink Resource
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01078980 Broken Link 
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-May/0006.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-15.xml Third Party Advisory 
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2701 Third Party Advisory 
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.475906 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102964-1 Broken Link 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200588-1 Broken Link 
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1291 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:104 Broken Link 
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.012.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2007-2444.html Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468548/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468670/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23974 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018049 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/ Broken Link 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-460-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-460-2 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1805 Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2210 Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2281 Permissions Required 
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1366 Broken Link 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-2444
NVD Published Date:
05/14/2007
NVD Last Modified:
08/29/2022
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.