CVE-2009-2813 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2009-2813?

CVE-2009-2813 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 14 Sep 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Samba 3.4 before 3.4.2, 3.3 before 3.3.8, 3.2 before 3.2.15, and 3.0.12 through 3.0.36, as used in the SMB subsystem in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 when Windows File Sharing is enabled, Fedora 11, and other operating systems, does not properly handle errors in resolving pathnames, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended sharing restrictions, and read, create, or modify files, in certain circumstances involving user accounts that lack home directories.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2813?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Mac Os X Server, Fedoraproject Fedora, Samba Samba.

How do I fix CVE-2009-2813?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2009-2813 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2813 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2813, ECHO-047b-3c85-5de4, GHSA-2hg7-9ph2-q8p9.