CVE-2011-3363

medium

Description

The setup_cifs_sb function in fs/cifs/connect.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly handle DFS referrals, which allows remote CIFS servers to cause a denial of service (system crash) by placing a referral at the root of a share.

References

Advisories
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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/70945643722ffeac779d2529a348f99567fa5c33

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=738291

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/12

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=70945643722ffeac779d2529a348f99567fa5c33

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-05-24

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H