PT-2012-1693 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Yogesh Sharma · Published 2011-11-22 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2011-3363

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.39

Description The issue is related to the handling of DFS referrals by the setup cifs sb function in the Linux kernel. Remote CIFS servers can cause a denial of service, leading to a system crash, by placing a referral at the root of a share.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.39, update to version 2.6.39 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-3363

RHSA-2011:1465

RHSA-2011:1479

RHSA-2011_1465

RHSA-2011_1479

RHSA-2012:0010

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 7

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/70945643722ffeac779d2529a348f99567fa5c33 · Patch
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-1465.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=738291 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3363 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/12 · Patch
• http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 · Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=70945643722ffeac779d2529a348f99567fa5c33 · Note