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nvd[email protected]NVD:CVE-2011-2928
HistoryAug 29, 2011 - 5:55 p.m.

CVE-2011-2928

2011-08-2917:55:00
CWE-476
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7

CVSS2

4.9

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

AI Score

7.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

17.1%

The befs_follow_link function in fs/befs/linuxvfs.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1-rc3 does not validate the length attribute of long symlinks, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer dereference and OOPS) by accessing a long symlink on a malformed Be filesystem.

Affected configurations

Nvd
Node
linuxlinux_kernelRange<3.1
OR
linuxlinux_kernelMatch3.1-
OR
linuxlinux_kernelMatch3.1rc1
OR
linuxlinux_kernelMatch3.1rc2

CVSS2

4.9

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

AI Score

7.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

17.1%