CVE-2011-1678

N/A Unknown

Published: April 10, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:148

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66702

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:148

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Broken Link

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue Tracking

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66702

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

38 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.5%

41th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Vendors

samba

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