CVE-2001-1162 Information

Description

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.

Reference

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20011002-01-P http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/l-105.shtml http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000405 http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-027-01 http://us1.samba.org/samba/whatsnew/macroexploit.html http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-024.0.txt http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-065 http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-062.php3 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-086.html http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/3423 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/193027 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2928 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6731