CVE-2009-1888

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-1888
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-06-25 01:30:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Samba Samba All All All All
Application Samba Samba All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.samba.org/samba/ftp/patches/security/samba-3.0.34-CVE-2009-1888.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.samba.org Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
www.samba.org/samba/ftp/patches/security/samba-3.3.5-CVE-2009-1888.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.samba.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Samba - Security Announcement Archive af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.samba.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Samba Format String And Security Bypass Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.slackware.com Third Party Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0145 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com Third Party Advisory
USN-839-1: Samba vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Samba Security Bypass and Format String Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
www.samba.org/samba/ftp/patches/security/samba-3.2.12-CVE-2009-1888.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.samba.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:196 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Samba smbd Access Control Bug Lets Remote Authenticated Users Bypass Certain Access Controls af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Ubuntu update for samba - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1823-1 samba af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Slackware update for samba - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian update for samba - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-10-27Tomas HogerThis issue did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. It was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 via RHSA-2009:1529: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1529.html

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