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CVE-2001-1162

Published: Jun 23, 2001 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
10 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1162
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Directory traversal vulnerability in the %m macro in the smb.conf configuration file in Samba before 2.2.0a allows remote attackers to overwrite certain files via a .. in a NETBIOS name, which is used as the name for a .log file.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
SambaSamba2.0.5 (including)2.0.5 (including)
SambaSamba2.0.6 (including)2.0.6 (including)
SambaSamba2.0.7 (including)2.0.7 (including)
SambaSamba2.0.8 (including)2.0.8 (including)
SambaSamba2.0.9 (including)2.0.9 (including)
SambaSamba2.2.0 (including)2.2.0 (including)
Red Hat Linux 5.2RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 6.2RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.0RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.1RedHat*

References

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