CVE-2011-4077
6.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
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.
Affected configurations
References
marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2
oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2011-10/msg00345.html
secunia.com/advisories/48964
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/26/1
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/26/3
xorl.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/cve-2011-4077-linux-kernel-xfs-readlink-memory-corruption/
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749156
Related
6.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%