VDB
CVE-2011-2928
CVE-2011-2928
PUBLISHED
CVSS 4.900000095367432 MEDIUM
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.
EPSS 0.51% · 42.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
4.900000095367432
EPSS Score
0.51%
42.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | 0, 3.1, 3.1 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Timeline
- Aug 29, 2011 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 30, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 31, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 23, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Jun 2, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49256 advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/testing/ChangeLog-3.1-rc3 url
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=338d0f0a6fbc82407864606f5b64b75aeb3c70f2 technical
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8360 exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/1 exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69343 advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2928 advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=338d0f0a6fbc82407864606f5b64b75aeb3c70f2 url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/5 url
- http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-06.txt url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519387/100/0/threaded url