CVE-2004-0815

Summary

CVECVE-2004-0815
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-11-03 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe unix_clean_name function in Samba 2.2.x through 2.2.11, and 3.0.x before 3.0.2a, trims certain directory names down to absolute paths, which could allow remote attackers to bypass the specified share restrictions and read, write, or list arbitrary files via "/.////" style sequences in pathnames.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Samba Samba 2.2.0 All All All
Application Samba Samba 2.2.0a All All All
Application Samba Samba 2.2.11 All All All
Application Samba Samba 2.2.1a All All All
Application Samba Samba 2.2.2 All All All
Application Samba Samba 2.2.3 All All All
Application Samba Samba 2.2.3a All All All
Application Samba Samba 2.2.4 All All All
Application Samba Samba 2.2.5 All All All
Application Samba Samba 2.2.6 All All All
Application Samba Samba 2.2.7 All All All
Application Samba Samba 2.2.7a All All All
Application Samba Samba 2.2.8 All All All
Application Samba Samba 2.2.8a All All All
Application Samba Samba 2.2.9 All All All
Application Samba Samba 2.2a All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.0.0 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.0.1 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.0.2 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.0.2a All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'Samba Security Announcement -- Potential Arbitrary File Access' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Accenture | Let there be change af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.idefense.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
news.samba.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 us4.samba.org
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.fedora.us
www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandrakesecure.net
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
#57664: Security Vulnerability in Samba May Allow Unauthorized Root Privileges java.lang.NullPointerException af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
Samba Remote Arbitrary File Access Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
#101584: Security Vulnerabilities in Samba May Allow Unauthorized Root Privileges (formerly Document ID: 57664) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-600-1 samba af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0051 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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