CVE-2009-0022

Summary

CVECVE-2009-0022
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-01-05 20:30:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionSamba 3.2.0 through 3.2.6, when registry shares are enabled, allows remote authenticated users to access the root filesystem via a crafted connection request that specifies a blank share name.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Samba Samba 3.2.0 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.2.1 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.2.2 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.2.3 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.2.4 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.2.5 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.2.6 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
master.samba.org/samba/ftp/patches/security/samba-3.2.6-CVE-2009-0022.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 master.samba.org
Samba Root File System Access Security Issue - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/51152 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Samba Grants Remote Authenticated Users Access to the Root Filesystem in Certain Cases - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Ubuntu update for samba - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Fedora update for samba - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Samba - Security Announcement Archive af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.samba.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: samba-3.2.7-0.23.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
USN-702-1: Samba vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:042 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Samba Registry Share Name Unauthorized Access Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-01-07Tomas HogerNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of samba as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

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