CVE-2011-1585

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.

CVSS v2.0 3.3 LOW

3.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 4.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36	Release Notes Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4ff67b720c02c36e54d55b88c2931879b7db1cd2
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/15/8	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697394	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4ff67b720c02c36e54d55b88c2931879b7db1cd2	Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36	Release Notes Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4ff67b720c02c36e54d55b88c2931879b7db1cd2
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/15/8	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697394	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4ff67b720c02c36e54d55b88c2931879b7db1cd2	Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2013-06-08 13:05

Updated : 2025-04-11 00:51

NVD link : CVE-2011-1585

Mitre link : CVE-2011-1585

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2011-1585

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

suse

suse_linux_enterprise_server

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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