| Name | CVE-2009-2813 |
| Description | Samba 3.4 before 3.4.2, 3.3 before 3.3.8, 3.2 before 3.2.15, and 3.0.12 through 3.0.36, as used in the SMB subsystem in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 when Windows File Sharing is enabled, Fedora 11, and other operating systems, does not properly handle errors in resolving pathnames, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended sharing restrictions, and read, create, or modify files, in certain circumstances involving user accounts that lack home directories. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1908-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 550422 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| samba (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2:4.2.14+dfsg-0+deb8u16 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2:4.5.16+dfsg-1+deb9u4 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2:4.5.16+dfsg-1+deb9u5 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u5 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2:4.13.13+dfsg-1~deb11u6 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 2:4.17.12+dfsg-0+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 2:4.21.2+dfsg-3 | fixed | |
| sid | 2:4.21.2+dfsg-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| samba | source | lenny | 2:3.2.5-4lenny7 | DSA-1908-1 | ||
| samba | source | (unstable) | 2:3.4.2-1 | 550422 |
requires an administrator to manually configure a user account without
a home dir, otherwise, this is ineffective