CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-2724
1.2 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-09-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 1.2 LOW — AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The check_mtab function in client/mount.cifs.c in mount.cifs in smbfs in Samba 3.5.10 and earlier does not properly verify that the (1) device name and (2) mountpoint strings are composed of valid characters, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (mtab corruption) via a crafted string. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-0547.
Affected configurations
• samba samba (<= 3.5.10)
• samba samba 1.9.17
• samba samba 1.9.18
• samba samba 2.0
• samba samba 2.0.0
• samba samba 2.0.1
• samba samba 2.0.2
• samba samba 2.0.3
• samba samba 2.0.4
• samba samba 2.0.5
• samba samba 2.0.5a
• samba samba 2.0.6
• samba samba 2.0.7
• samba samba 2.0.8
• samba samba 2.0.9
• samba samba 2.0.10
• samba samba 2.2
• samba samba 2.2.0
• samba samba 2.2.0a
• samba samba 2.2.1
• samba samba 2.2.1a
• samba samba 2.2.2
• samba samba 2.2.3
• samba samba 2.2.3a
• samba samba 2.2.4
• samba samba 2.2.5
• samba samba 2.2.6
• samba samba 2.2.7
• samba samba 2.2.7a
• samba samba 2.2.8
• samba samba 2.2.8a
• samba samba 2.2.9
• samba samba 2.2.10
• samba samba 2.2.11
• samba samba 2.2.12
• samba samba 2.2a
• samba samba 2.18.3
• samba samba 3.0.0
• samba samba 3.0.1
• samba samba 3.0.2
• samba samba 3.0.2a
• samba samba 3.0.3
• samba samba 3.0.4
• samba samba 3.0.5
• samba samba 3.0.6
• samba samba 3.0.7
• samba samba 3.0.8
• samba samba 3.0.9
• samba samba 3.0.10
• samba samba 3.0.11
• samba samba 3.0.12
• samba samba 3.0.13
• samba samba 3.0.14
• samba samba 3.0.14a
• samba samba 3.0.15
• samba samba 3.0.16
• samba samba 3.0.17
• samba samba 3.0.18
• samba samba 3.0.19
• samba samba 3.0.20
… and 89 more
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.cifs/3827 Patch
- http://git.samba.org/?p=cifs-utils.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1e7a32924b22d1f786b6f490ce8590656f578f91 git.samba.org
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/29/9 Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45798 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:148 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1220.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1221.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025984 www.securitytracker.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=726691 Patch
- http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.cifs/3827 Patch
- http://git.samba.org/?p=cifs-utils.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1e7a32924b22d1f786b6f490ce8590656f578f91 git.samba.org
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/29/9 Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45798 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:148 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1220.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1221.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025984 www.securitytracker.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=726691 Patch