CVE-2011-3191

Integer signedness error in the CIFSFindNext function in fs/cifs/cifssmb.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 allows remote CIFS servers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large length value in a response to a read request for a directory.

CVSS v3.0 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 8.3 HIGH

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CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 6.5 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/24/2	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1	Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9438fabb73eb48055b58b89fc51e0bc4db22fabd	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=732869	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9438fabb73eb48055b58b89fc51e0bc4db22fabd

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2012-05-24 16:55

Updated : 2023-02-12 20:32

NVD link : CVE-2011-3191

Mitre link : CVE-2011-3191

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CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux

linux

linux_kernel

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