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CVE-2011-1678

samba/cifs-utils: mount.cifs and umount.cifs fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE

Severity Score

9.8
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

smbfs in Samba 3.5.8 and earlier attempts to use (1) mount.cifs to append to the /etc/mtab file and (2) umount.cifs to append to the /etc/mtab.tmp file without first checking whether resource limits would interfere, which allows local users to trigger corruption of the /etc/mtab file via a process with a small RLIMIT_FSIZE value, a related issue to CVE-2011-1089.

smbfs en Samba v3.5.8 y anteriores, un intento de utilizar (1) mount.cifs para añadir al fichero /etc/mtab y (2) umount.cifs para añadir al fichero /etc/mtab.tmp sin primero verificar si los límites del recursos pudieran interferir, permitiría a usuarios locales provocar la corrupción del fichero /etc/mtab a través de un proceso con un valor RLIMIT_FSIZE pequeño, un asunto relacionado con CVE-2011-1089.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2011-04-09 CVE Reserved
  • 2011-04-10 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CAPEC
References (21)
URL Tag Source
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10 Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11 Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12 Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9 Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3 Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7 Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9 Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16 Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5 Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7 Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6 Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4 Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6 Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3 Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4 Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2 Mailing List
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980 Issue Tracking
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66702 Vdb Entry
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:148 2017-08-17
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1678 2011-08-29
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695925 2011-08-29
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Samba
Search vendor "Samba"
 Samba
Search vendor "Samba" for product "Samba"
 <= 3.5.8
Search vendor "Samba" for product "Samba" and version " <= 3.5.8"
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Affected