CVE-2009-2948
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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.
Find out more about CVE-2009-2948 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 1.2 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (samba3x) | RHSA-2009:1585 | 2009-11-16 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (samba) | RHSA-2009:1529 | 2009-10-27 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (samba) | RHSA-2009:1529 | 2009-10-27 |
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