CVE - CVE-2007-0473

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-0473	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The writeFile function in core/smb4kfileio.cpp in Smb4K before 0.8.0 does not preserve /etc/sudoers permissions across modifications, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information (/etc/sudoers contents) by reading this file.
References
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BID:22299 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22299 CONFIRM:http://developer.berlios.de/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=9630&group_id=769 CONFIRM:http://developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php?release_id=11706 CONFIRM:http://developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php?release_id=11902 CONFIRM:http://developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php?release_id=9777 GENTOO:GLSA-200703-09 URL:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-09.xml MANDRIVA:MDKSA-2007:042 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:042 MLIST:[smb4k-announce] 20061221 Smb4K 0.8.0 and security fixes released URL:https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/smb4k-announce/2006-December/000037.html SECUNIA:23937 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/23937 SECUNIA:23984 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/23984 SECUNIA:24111 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/24111 SECUNIA:24469 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/24469 SUSE:SUSE-SR:2007:002 URL:http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0015.html VUPEN:ADV-2007-0393 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0393
Assigning CNA
Canonical Ltd.
Date Record Created
20070124	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20070124)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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