CVE-2011-1678

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.

Category

3.3
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.25%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5 third party advisory mailing list
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9 third party advisory mailing list
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6 third party advisory mailing list
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4 third party advisory mailing list
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7 third party advisory mailing list
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980 issue tracking
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:148 vendor advisory broken link
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9 third party advisory mailing list
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2 third party advisory mailing list
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10 third party advisory mailing list
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16 third party advisory mailing list
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4 third party advisory mailing list
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12 third party advisory mailing list
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7 third party advisory mailing list
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11 third party advisory mailing list
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3 third party advisory mailing list
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3 third party advisory mailing list
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6 third party advisory mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66702 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-1678?
CVE-2011-1678 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-1678?
To fix CVE-2011-1678, 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-2011-1678 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2011-1678 is being actively exploited. 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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