CVE-2011-4077

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 None
Description
Buffer overflow in the xfs_readlink function in fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c in XFS in the Linux kernel 2.6, when CONFIG_XFS_DEBUG is disabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an XFS image containing a symbolic link with a long pathname.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2011-4077
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2012-01-27T15:55:04
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-08-23T02:04:33
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 6.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/26/1 Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749156 Patch
http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2011-10/msg00345.html Patch
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/cve-2011-4077-linux-kernel-xfs-readlink-memory-corruption/ Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/26/3 Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/48964
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4077
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4077
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:14:19 Added to TrackCVE