Vulnerability in Samba
CVE-2011-3585
Multiple race conditions in the (1) mount.cifs and (2) umount.cifs programs in Samba 3.6 allow local users to cause a denial of service (mounting outage) via a SIGKILL signal during a time window when the /etc/mtab~ file exists.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
EPSS: 0.003 (24.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Samba — versions 3.6.0, 3.6
- Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 4.0, 5.0, 6.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2011-3585?
- CVE-2011-3585 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samba, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2019-12-31.
- How severe is CVE-2011-3585?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.