CVE-2016-1237

medium

Description

nfsd in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 allows local users to bypass intended file-permission restrictions by setting a POSIX ACL, related to nfs2acl.c, nfs3acl.c, and nfs4acl.c.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/999653786df6954a31044528ac3f7a5dadca08f4

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1350845

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3053-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91456

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/25/2

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=999653786df6954a31044528ac3f7a5dadca08f4

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-06-29

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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