CVE-2011-3363

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 3
Modified
Published: 24 May 2012, 23:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 23:29

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
26/100
CVSS Score
6.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.12% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

24 May 2012, 23:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 23:29
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The setup_cifs_sb function in fs/cifs/connect.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly handle DFS referrals, which allows remote CIFS servers to cause a denial of service (system crash) by placing a referral at the root of a share.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.1AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.12%• Percentile: 31%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-20•Improper Input Validation

    The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 2.6.39

  • redhat•enterprise_linux

    4.0

References (5)