CVE-2009-1888

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    CVE-2009-1888

    Published: 25 Jun 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/35539, http://secunia.com/advisories/35573, http://secunia.com/advisories/35606, http://secunia.com/advisories/36918, http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0145, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1823, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:196, http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/patches/security/samba-3.0.34-CVE-2009-1888.patch, http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/patches/security/samba-3.2.12-CVE-2009-1888.patch, http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/patches/security/samba-3.3.5-CVE-2009-1888.patch, http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2009-1888.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507856/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35472, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022442, http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.521591, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-839-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1664, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51327, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10790, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7292, http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/patches/security/samba-3.0.34-CVE-2009-1888.patch, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35472, http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/patches/security/samba-3.0.34-CVE-2009-1888.patch, http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/patches/security/samba-3.2.12-CVE-2009-1888.patch, http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/patches/security/samba-3.3.5-CVE-2009-1888.patch, http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2009-1888.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1664

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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