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CVE-2011-3191

Public on 2011-10-31
Modified on 2014-09-14
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.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2011-10-31 18:26 ALAS-2011-16
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2011-12-02 22:23 ALAS-2011-26

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 6.8 AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 8.3 AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C