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TI-2011-01463 Aliases CVE-2011-1678GHSA-v7g7-rpcw-4f58

smbfs in Samba 3.5.8 and earlier attempts to use (1) mount.cifs to append to the…

Priority LOW 17CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

smbfs in Samba 3.5.8 and earlier attempts to use (1) mount.cifs to append to the /etc/mtab file and (2) umount.cifs to append to the /etc/mtab.tmp file without first checking whether resource limits would interfere, which allows local users to trigger corruption of the /etc/mtab file via a process with a small RLIMIT_FSIZE value, a related issue to CVE-2011-1089.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00531 45th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 3 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 3.5.8VulnerableSamba
  • cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.5.8 Vulnerable ·Samba

Remediation

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2011:1221 Released 2011-08-29 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    samba and cifs-utils security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) cifs-utils-4.8.1-2.el6_1.2, libsmbclient-3.5.6-86.el6_1.4, libsmbclient-3.5.6-86.el6_1.4.ppc +7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) libsmbclient-devel-3.5.6-86.el6_1.4, libsmbclient-devel-3.5.6-86.el6_1.4.ppc, samba-3.5.6-86.el6_1.4 +6
  • RHSA-2011:1220 Released 2011-08-29 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    samba3x security update
    • RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) samba3x-3.5.4-0.83.el5_7.2, samba3x-winbind-devel-3.5.4-0.83.el5_7.2, samba3x-winbind-devel-3.5.4-0.83.el5_7.2.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) samba3x-3.5.4-0.83.el5_7.2, samba3x-3.5.4-0.83.el5_7.2.i386, samba3x-3.5.4-0.83.el5_7.2.ia64 +29
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) samba3x-3.5.4-0.83.el5_7.2, samba3x-3.5.4-0.83.el5_7.2.i386, samba3x-client-3.5.4-0.83.el5_7.2 +11
  • RHSA-2011:1219 Released 2011-08-29 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    samba security update
    • RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) libsmbclient-devel-3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4, libsmbclient-devel-3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4.i386, samba-3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) libsmbclient-3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4, libsmbclient-3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4.i386, libsmbclient-3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4.ia64 +21
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 samba-3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-3.0.33-0.34.el4.i386, samba-3.0.33-0.34.el4.ia64 +13
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) libsmbclient-3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4, libsmbclient-3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4.i386, samba-3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4 +7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 samba-3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-3.0.33-0.34.el4.i386, samba-client-3.0.33-0.34.el4 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 samba-3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-3.0.33-0.34.el4.i386, samba-3.0.33-0.34.el4.ia64 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 samba-3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-3.0.33-0.34.el4.i386, samba-3.0.33-0.34.el4.ia64 +9

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2011:1219, RHSA-2011:1220
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2011:1219, RHSA-2011:1220
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2011:1219
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2011:1219, RHSA-2011:1220
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2011:1219
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2011:1219
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2011:1221
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2011:1221
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2011:1219

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2011-1678
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v7g7-rpcw-4f58

References

Advisory 17

Other 1

  • TI-2020-01431 Netlogon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2017-05139 Code injection in samba KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2015-00210 The Netlogon server implementation in smbd in Samba 3.5.x and 3.6.x before 3.6.25, 4.0.x… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2003-00081 Buffer overflow in the SMB/CIFS packet fragment re-assembly code for SMB daemon (smbd) in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2003-00185 Buffer overflow in the call_trans2open function in trans2.c for Samba 2.2.x before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2007-02362 Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the NDR parsing in smbd in Samba 3.0.0 through… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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