National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-1888

Overview

The acl_group_override function in smbd/posix_acls.c in smbd in Samba 3.0.x before 3.0.35, 3.1.x and 3.2.x before 3.2.13, and 3.3.x before 3.3.6, when dos filemode is enabled, allows remote attackers to modify access control lists for files via vectors related to read access to uninitialized memory.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (10/27/2009)

This issue did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. It was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 via RHSA-2009:1529: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1529.html

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-1664

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1664

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2009-1888.html

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2009-1888.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/patches/security/samba-3.3.5-CVE-2009-1888.patch

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/patches/security/samba-3.3.5-CVE-2009-1888.patch

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/patches/security/samba-3.2.12-CVE-2009-1888.patch

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/patches/security/samba-3.2.12-CVE-2009-1888.patch

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/patches/security/samba-3.0.34-CVE-2009-1888.patch

Type: Patch Information; Exploit

Hyperlink:http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/patches/security/samba-3.0.34-CVE-2009-1888.patch

External Source: XF

Name: samba-acl-security-bypass(51327)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/51327

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-839-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-839-1

External Source: SLACKWARE

Name: SSA:2009-177-01

Hyperlink:http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.521591

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1022442

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022442

External Source: BID

Name: 35472

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35472

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20091112 rPSA-2009-0145-1 samba samba-client samba-server samba-swat

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/507856/100/0/threaded

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2009:196

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:196

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1823

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1823

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0145

Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0145

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36918

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36918

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35606

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35606

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35573

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35573

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35539

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35539

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7292

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7292

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10790

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10790

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10790

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10790

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7292

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7292