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TITLE:
Samba Symlink Handling Directory Traversal Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38454

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38454/

DESCRIPTION:
Kingcope has discovered a vulnerability in Samba, which can be
exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions
and disclose sensitive information.

The vulnerability is caused due to Samba allowing the creation of
symlinks to directories placed outside a writable share. This can be
exploited to gain read and write access to restricted directories
with the privileges of the e.g. guest account user, via directory
traversal attacks.

Successful exploitation without authentication requires that a public
writable share is exported.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 3.4.5. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not export writable shares to untrusted users.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Kingcope

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-02/0083.html

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