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TI-2011-03161 Aliases CVE-2011-3585GHSA-jf3j-jm33-ff6p

Race condition in Samba

Priority LOW 22CWE-362Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Multiple race conditions in the (1) mount.cifs and (2) umount.cifs programs in Samba 3.6 allow local users to cause a denial of service (mounting outage) via a SIGKILL signal during a time window when the /etc/mtab~ file exists.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00317 24th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
SambaSamba3.6—No fix listedCNA
  • Samba VendorSamba Affected 3.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.6.0VulnerableSamba
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.6.0 Vulnerable ·Samba
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 2 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-2011:1219 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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2011:1219
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2011:1219
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2011:1219
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
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2011-3585
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jf3j-jm33-ff6p

References

Advisory 4

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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Sources

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