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title: "CVE-2007-2444\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-2444

Publication date 14 May 2007

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Logic error in the SID/Name translation functionality in smbd in Samba
3.0.23d through 3.0.25pre2 allows local users to gain temporary privileges
and execute SMB/CIFS protocol operations via unspecified vectors that cause
the daemon to transition to the root user.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| samba | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 3.0.24-2ubuntu1.2 |
| 6.10 edgy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2444)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2444)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-2444)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-2444)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-460-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-460-1)
+ Samba vulnerabilities
+ 16 May 2007

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2444>