Vulnerability Description
Multiple race conditions in the (1) mount.cifs and (2) umount.cifs programs in Samba 3.6 allow local users to cause a denial of service (mounting outage) via a SIGKILL signal during a time window when the /etc/mtab~ file exists.
CVSS Score
MEDIUM
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Samba | Samba | 3.6.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 4.0 |
Related Weaknesses (CWE)
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742907Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7179Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://git.samba.org/?p=cifs-utils.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=810f7e4e0f2dbcbee0294
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/27/1Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/30/5Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742907Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7179Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://git.samba.org/?p=cifs-utils.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=810f7e4e0f2dbcbee0294
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/27/1Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/30/5Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
FAQ
What is CVE-2011-3585?
CVE-2011-3585 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7 (MEDIUM). Multiple race conditions in the (1) mount.cifs and (2) umount.cifs programs in Samba 3.6 allow local users to cause a denial of service (mounting outage) via a SIGKILL signal during a time window when...
How severe is CVE-2011-3585?
CVE-2011-3585 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 4.7/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.
Is there a patch for CVE-2011-3585?
Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Samba Samba, Redhat Enterprise Linux.