CVE-2011-1585

CVE Details

Release Date:	2010-08-02
Impact:	Low	What is this?

Description

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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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	3.3
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-1386	2011-10-21
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2011-2037	2011-12-14
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-274.7.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2011-1386	2011-10-21
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-300.3.1.el5uek)	ELSA-2011-2037	2011-12-14
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-274.7.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2011-1386	2011-10-21
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2011-2037	2011-12-14
Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-300.3.1.el6uek)	ELSA-2011-2037	2011-12-14