Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Affecting samba3x-debuginfo package, versions <0:3.3.8-0.46.el5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.52% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-SAMBA3XDEBUGINFO-9874392
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed1 Oct 2009

Introduced: 1 Oct 2009

CVE-2009-2948  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-732  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 samba3x-debuginfo to version 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2009:1585.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream samba3x-debuginfo package and not the samba3x-debuginfo package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1