CVE-2011-3191 - Cramoisy Zips

Description

Integer signedness error in the CIFSFindNext function in fs/cifs/cifssmb.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 allows remote CIFS servers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large length value in a response to a read request for a directory.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/24/2 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9438fabb73eb48055b58b89fc51e0bc4db22fabd https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9438fabb73eb48055b58b89fc51e0bc4db22fabd https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=732869

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8