CVE-2011-2928

2011-08-2900:00:00

ubuntu.com

4.9 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access 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

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

JSON

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.

Bugs

<https://launchpad.net/bugs/834124>

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu8.04noarchlinux< 2.6.24-29.94UNKNOWN
ubuntu10.04noarchlinux< 2.6.32-35.78UNKNOWN
ubuntu10.10noarchlinux< 2.6.35-30.60UNKNOWN
ubuntu11.04noarchlinux< 2.6.38-12.51UNKNOWN
ubuntu10.04noarchlinux-ec2< 2.6.32-319.39UNKNOWN
ubuntu10.04noarchlinux-fsl-imx51< 2.6.31-611.29UNKNOWN
ubuntu10.04noarchlinux-lts-backport-maverick< 2.6.35-30.60~lucid1UNKNOWN
ubuntu10.04noarchlinux-lts-backport-natty< 2.6.38-12.51~lucid1UNKNOWN
ubuntu10.04noarchlinux-mvl-dove< 2.6.32-219.37UNKNOWN
ubuntu10.10noarchlinux-mvl-dove< 2.6.32-419.37UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	8.04	noarch	linux	< 2.6.24-29.94	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	10.04	noarch	linux	< 2.6.32-35.78	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	10.10	noarch	linux	< 2.6.35-30.60	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	11.04	noarch	linux	< 2.6.38-12.51	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	10.04	noarch	linux-ec2	< 2.6.32-319.39	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	10.04	noarch	linux-fsl-imx51	< 2.6.31-611.29	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	10.04	noarch	linux-lts-backport-maverick	< 2.6.35-30.60~lucid1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	10.04	noarch	linux-lts-backport-natty	< 2.6.38-12.51~lucid1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	10.04	noarch	linux-mvl-dove	< 2.6.32-219.37	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	10.10	noarch	linux-mvl-dove	< 2.6.32-419.37	UNKNOWN