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HIGH

security flaw

Published Oct 16, 2004

Description

The unix_clean_name function in Samba 2.2.x through 2.2.11, and 3.0.x before 3.0.2a, trims certain directory names down to absolute paths, which could allow remote attackers to bypass the specified share restrictions and read, write, or list arbitrary files via "/.////" style sequences in pathnames.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 16, 2004
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Aug 25, 2004
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Important
Public date Sep 30, 2004