Detections
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CVE-2009-2948
high
Description
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://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00098.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00095.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53574
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-839-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36572
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.561439
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7087
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10434
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2009-2935
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2810
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022975
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2009-2948.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/36953
http://secunia.com/advisories/36937
http://secunia.com/advisories/36918
http://secunia.com/advisories/36893
http://news.samba.org/releases/3.4.2/
http://news.samba.org/releases/3.3.8/