Unscored severity · published Apr 10, 2011
CVE-2011-1678
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…
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CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SA
Samba · Samba
through 3.5.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1678
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1678
Mailing List
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
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