DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2948

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2948

    Published: 7 Oct 2009Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2009-2948

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2948

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: samba

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/samba?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:3.4.2-1

    Affected versions

    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