DSA-600-1 samba -- arbitrary file access

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2004-0815  

A vulnerability has been discovered in samba, a commonly used LanManager-like file and printer server for Unix. A remote attacker may be able to gain access to files which exist outside of the share's defined path. Such files must still be readable by the account used for the connection, though. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.3a-14.1. In the unstable (sid) and testing (sarge) distributions this problem was not present. We recommend that you upgrade your samba packages.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-600-1 samba -- arbitrary file access

Date Reported:
07 Oct 2004
Affected Packages:
samba
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2004-0815.
More information:

A vulnerability has been discovered in samba, a commonly used LanManager-like file and printer server for Unix. A remote attacker may be able to gain access to files which exist outside of the share's defined path. Such files must still be readable by the account used for the connection, though.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.3a-14.1.

In the unstable (sid) and testing (sarge) distributions this problem was not present.

We recommend that you upgrade your samba packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba_2.2.3a-14.1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba_2.2.3a-14.1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba_2.2.3a.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba-doc_2.2.3a-14.1_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libpam-smbpass_2.2.3a-14.1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient_2.2.3a-14.1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient-dev_2.2.3a-14.1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba_2.2.3a-14.1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba-common_2.2.3a-14.1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbclient_2.2.3a-14.1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbfs_2.2.3a-14.1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/swat_2.2.3a-14.1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/winbind_2.2.3a-14.1_alpha.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libpam-smbpass_2.2.3a-14.1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient_2.2.3a-14.1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient-dev_2.2.3a-14.1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba_2.2.3a-14.1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba-common_2.2.3a-14.1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbclient_2.2.3a-14.1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbfs_2.2.3a-14.1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/swat_2.2.3a-14.1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/winbind_2.2.3a-14.1_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libpam-smbpass_2.2.3a-14.1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient_2.2.3a-14.1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient-dev_2.2.3a-14.1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba_2.2.3a-14.1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba-common_2.2.3a-14.1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbclient_2.2.3a-14.1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbfs_2.2.3a-14.1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/swat_2.2.3a-14.1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/winbind_2.2.3a-14.1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libpam-smbpass_2.2.3a-14.1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient_2.2.3a-14.1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient-dev_2.2.3a-14.1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba_2.2.3a-14.1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba-common_2.2.3a-14.1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbclient_2.2.3a-14.1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbfs_2.2.3a-14.1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/swat_2.2.3a-14.1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/winbind_2.2.3a-14.1_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libpam-smbpass_2.2.3a-14.1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient_2.2.3a-14.1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient-dev_2.2.3a-14.1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba_2.2.3a-14.1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba-common_2.2.3a-14.1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbclient_2.2.3a-14.1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbfs_2.2.3a-14.1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/swat_2.2.3a-14.1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/winbind_2.2.3a-14.1_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libpam-smbpass_2.2.3a-14.1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient_2.2.3a-14.1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient-dev_2.2.3a-14.1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba_2.2.3a-14.1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba-common_2.2.3a-14.1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbclient_2.2.3a-14.1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbfs_2.2.3a-14.1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/swat_2.2.3a-14.1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/winbind_2.2.3a-14.1_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libpam-smbpass_2.2.3a-14.1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient_2.2.3a-14.1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient-dev_2.2.3a-14.1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba_2.2.3a-14.1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba-common_2.2.3a-14.1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbclient_2.2.3a-14.1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbfs_2.2.3a-14.1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/swat_2.2.3a-14.1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/winbind_2.2.3a-14.1_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libpam-smbpass_2.2.3a-14.1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient_2.2.3a-14.1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient-dev_2.2.3a-14.1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba_2.2.3a-14.1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba-common_2.2.3a-14.1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbclient_2.2.3a-14.1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbfs_2.2.3a-14.1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/swat_2.2.3a-14.1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/winbind_2.2.3a-14.1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libpam-smbpass_2.2.3a-14.1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient_2.2.3a-14.1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient-dev_2.2.3a-14.1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba_2.2.3a-14.1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba-common_2.2.3a-14.1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbclient_2.2.3a-14.1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbfs_2.2.3a-14.1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/swat_2.2.3a-14.1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/winbind_2.2.3a-14.1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libpam-smbpass_2.2.3a-14.1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient_2.2.3a-14.1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient-dev_2.2.3a-14.1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba_2.2.3a-14.1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba-common_2.2.3a-14.1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbclient_2.2.3a-14.1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbfs_2.2.3a-14.1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/swat_2.2.3a-14.1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/winbind_2.2.3a-14.1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libpam-smbpass_2.2.3a-14.1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient_2.2.3a-14.1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/libsmbclient-dev_2.2.3a-14.1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba_2.2.3a-14.1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/samba-common_2.2.3a-14.1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbclient_2.2.3a-14.1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/smbfs_2.2.3a-14.1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/swat_2.2.3a-14.1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/samba/winbind_2.2.3a-14.1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.