CVE-2011-1585

Public Exploit

Description

The cifs_find_smb_ses function in fs/cifs/connect.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not properly determine the associations between users and sessions, which allows local users to bypass CIFS share authentication by leveraging a mount of a share by a different user.

Category

3.3
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.05%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36 third party advisory release notes
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/15/8 third party advisory mailing list
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697394 issue tracking third party advisory patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4ff67b720c02c36e54d55b88c2931879b7db1cd2 exploit third party advisory patch
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4ff67b720c02c36e54d55b88c2931879b7db1cd2
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-1585?
CVE-2011-1585 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-1585?
To fix CVE-2011-1585, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-1585 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-1585 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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