VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2011-4077

Buffer overflow in the xfs_readlink function in fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c in XFS in the Linux kernel 2.6, when CONFIG_XFS_DEBUG is disabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code…

MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.53%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.53%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

CVSS 2.0: 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS: 0.53% probability · 44th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-119
Affected: linux/linux kernel
Source: secalert@redhat.com

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2011-10/msg00345.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48964Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/26/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/26/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/cve-2011-4077-linux-kernel-xfs-readlink-memory-corruption/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749156Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2011-10/msg00345.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48964Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/26/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/26/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/cve-2011-4077-linux-kernel-xfs-readlink-memory-corruption/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749156Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

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