CVE-2009-2813

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    CVE-2009-2813

    Published: 14 Sept 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Samba 3.4 before 3.4.2, 3.3 before 3.3.8, 3.2 before 3.2.15, and 3.0.12 through 3.0.36, as used in the SMB subsystem in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 when Windows File Sharing is enabled, Fedora 11, and other operating systems, does not properly handle errors in resolving pathnames, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended sharing restrictions, and read, create, or modify files, in certain circumstances involving user accounts that lack home directories.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/36701, http://secunia.com/advisories/36893, http://secunia.com/advisories/36918, http://secunia.com/advisories/36937, http://secunia.com/advisories/36953, http://secunia.com/advisories/37428, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865, http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2009-2813.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-839-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2810, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126514298313071&w=2, http://news.samba.org/releases/3.0.37/, http://news.samba.org/releases/3.2.15/, http://news.samba.org/releases/3.3.8/, http://news.samba.org/releases/3.4.2/, http://osvdb.org/57955, http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.561439, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021111.1-1, http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0145, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507856/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36363, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53174, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7211, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7257, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7791, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9191, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00095.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00098.html

    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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