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title: "CVE-2010-0728\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-0728

Publication date 10 March 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

smbd in Samba 3.3.11, 3.4.6, and 3.5.0, when libcap support is enabled,
runs with the CAP\_DAC\_OVERRIDE capability, which allows remote
authenticated users to bypass intended file permissions via standard
filesystem operations with any client.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-0728?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| samba | 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

new code introduced in 3.4.6

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-0728)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0728)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-0728)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0728)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0728>