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CVE-2009-1888

The acl_group_override function in smbd/posix_acls.c in smbd in Samba 3.0.x before 3.0.35, 3.1.x...

5.8 MediumFix available

The acl_group_override function in smbd/posix_acls.c in smbd in Samba 3.0.x before 3.0.35, 3.1.x and 3.2.x before 3.2.13, and 3.3.x before 3.3.6, when dos filemode is enabled, allows remote attackers to modify access control lists for files via vectors related to read access to uninitialized memory.

Exploit likelihood

4.61%Up 0.2 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.8

The acl_group_override function in smbd/posix_acls.c in smbd in Samba 3.0.x before 3.0.35, 3.1.x and 3.2.x before 3.2.13, and 3.3.x before 3.3.6, when dos filemode is enabled, allows remote attackers to modify access control lists for files via vectors related to read access to uninitialized memory.

Record
CVE-2009-1888
CVSS 2.0
5.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-264
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The acl_group_override function in smbd/posix_acls.c in smbd in Samba 3.0.x before 3.0.35, 3.1.x and 3.2.x before 3.2.13, and 3.3.x before 3.3.6, when dos filemode is enabled, allows remote attackers to modify access control lists for files via vectors related to read access to uninitialized memory.

Record
CVE-2009-1888
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-1883 No score

The acl_group_override function in smbd/posix_acls.c in smbd in Samba 3.0.x before 3.0.35, 3.1.x and 3.2.x before 3.2.13, and 3.3.x before 3.3.6, when dos filemode is enabled, allows remote attackers to modify access control lists for files via vectors related to read access to uninitialized memory.

Record
EUVD-2009-1883
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mh49-m393-pw96 No score

The acl_group_override function in smbd/posix_acls.c in smbd in Samba 3.0.x before 3.0.35, 3.1.x...

The acl_group_override function in smbd/posix_acls.c in smbd in Samba 3.0.x before 3.0.35, 3.1.x and 3.2.x before 3.2.13, and 3.3.x before 3.3.6, when dos filemode is enabled, allows remote attackers to modify access control lists for files via vectors related to read access to uninitialized memory.

Record
GHSA-mh49-m393-pw96
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

The acl_group_override function in smbd/posix_acls.c in smbd in Samba 3.0.x before 3.0.35, 3.1.x and 3.2.x before 3.2.13, and 3.3.x before 3.3.6, when dos filemode is enabled, allows remote attackers to modify access control lists for files via vectors related to read access to uninitialized memory.

Record
CVE-2009-1888
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2009-1888 No score

The acl_group_override function in smbd/posix_acls.c in smbd in Samba 3.0.x before 3.0.35, 3.1.x and 3.2.x before 3.2.13, and 3.3.x before 3.3.6, when dos filemode is enabled, allows remote attackers to modify access control lists for files via vectors related to read access to uninitialized memory.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1888
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10069-1 No score

ctdb-4.5.0-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the ctdb-4.5.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10069-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10334-1 No score

cifs-utils-6.5-1.5 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the cifs-utils-6.5-1.5 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10334-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
samba
Debian:12
 before 2:3.3.6-1
2:3.3.6-1
samba
Debian:13
 before 2:3.3.6-1
2:3.3.6-1
samba
Debian:14
 before 2:3.3.6-1
2:3.3.6-1
samba
Debian:5.0
 before 2:3.2.5-4lenny6, plus listed versions
2:3.2.5-42:3.2.5-4lenny12:3.2.5-4lenny22:3.2.5-4lenny32:3.2.5-4lenny4
2:3.2.5-4lenny6
samba
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-client
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-swat
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
samba-client
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-swat
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-client
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-swat
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-client
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba-swat
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
0:3.0.33-0.18.el4_8
samba
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
samba-client
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
samba-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
samba-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
samba-swat
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
samba
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
samba-client
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
samba-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
samba-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
samba-swat
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
0:3.0.33-3.15.el5_4
libsmbclient
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:3.0.34-46.el5
0:3.0.34-46.el5
libsmbclient-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:3.0.34-46.el5
0:3.0.34-46.el5
libtalloc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:1.2.0-46.el5
0:1.2.0-46.el5
libtalloc-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:1.2.0-46.el5
0:1.2.0-46.el5
libtdb
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:1.1.2-46.el5
0:1.1.2-46.el5
libtdb-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:1.1.2-46.el5
0:1.1.2-46.el5
samba3x
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-client
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-common
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-doc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-domainjoin-gui
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-swat
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-winbind
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-winbind-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
tdb-tools
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
 before 0:1.1.2-46.el5
0:1.1.2-46.el5
libsmbclient
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:3.0.34-46.el5
0:3.0.34-46.el5
libsmbclient-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:3.0.34-46.el5
0:3.0.34-46.el5
libtalloc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:1.2.0-46.el5
0:1.2.0-46.el5
libtalloc-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:1.2.0-46.el5
0:1.2.0-46.el5
libtdb
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:1.1.2-46.el5
0:1.1.2-46.el5
libtdb-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:1.1.2-46.el5
0:1.1.2-46.el5
samba3x
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-client
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-common
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-doc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-domainjoin-gui
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-swat
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-winbind
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
samba3x-winbind-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
0:3.3.8-0.46.el5
tdb-tools
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
 before 0:1.1.2-46.el5
0:1.1.2-46.el5
samba
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
 before 4.5.0-1.1
4.5.0-1.1
cifs-utils
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
 before 6.5-1.5
6.5-1.5

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2009-1888 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) in Samba, published June 24, 2009. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.61%, the 91st percentile. Fixed in samba 2:3.3.6-1.

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