Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2011-1585
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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (40.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 40.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server — versions 10
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36 (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/15/8 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4ff67b720c02c36e54d55b88c2931879b7db1cd2 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- git.kernel.org/
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)