VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2011-3191

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…

HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.08%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.08%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 1.08% probability · 63th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-119
Affected: linux/linux kernel · redhat/enterprise linux
Source: secalert@redhat.com

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9438fabb73eb48055b58b89fc51e0bc4db22fabd
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/24/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=732869Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9438fabb73eb48055b58b89fc51e0bc4db22fabdPatch, Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9438fabb73eb48055b58b89fc51e0bc4db22fabd
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/24/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=732869Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9438fabb73eb48055b58b89fc51e0bc4db22fabdPatch, Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.