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CVE-2011-3363 (GCVE-0-2011-3363)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-05-24 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 23:29
VLAI
Summary
The setup_cifs_sb function in fs/cifs/connect.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly handle DFS referrals, which allows remote CIFS servers to cause a denial of service (system crash) by placing a referral at the root of a share.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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