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.
CVE-2011-1678
This CVE was only ever scored under CVSS v2.0. NVD CVSS v2.0 base 3.3 — v2 rates that LOW (v2 bands: LOW 0.0–3.9 / MEDIUM 4.0–6.9 / HIGH 7.0–10.0; v2 has no CRITICAL band). Vector AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N. CVSS v2 is an older, coarser metric than v3.1/v4.0 (no Scope, no User Interaction, no Attack Requirements), so it is not directly comparable to a v3 or v4 score. NVD has never re-scored this record under v3. EPSS predicts 0.5% exploitation probability in the next 30 days, which is reflected in EG Risk but does not lift the v2 base. Confidence: LOW.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v2.0 (legacy)
- 3.3LOWNVD never assigned a CVSS v3 rating to this CVE
- EG Score
- 3.3(low)
- EG Risk
- 20(Track)EG Risk 20/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity33% × 45%Exploitation1% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 1%
- EPSS %ILE
- 44%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
April 10, 2011
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (38)
- cve@mitrehttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10
- cve@mitrehttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11
- cve@mitrehttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12
- cve@mitrehttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9
- cve@mitrehttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3
- cve@mitrehttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7
- cve@mitrehttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9
- cve@mitrehttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16
- cve@mitrehttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5
- cve@mitrehttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7
- cve@mitrehttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6
- cve@mitrehttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4
- cve@mitrehttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6
- cve@mitrehttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3
- cve@mitrehttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2011-1678(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2011:1221Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: samba and cifs-utils security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2011:1220Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: samba3x security update
- RHSA-2011:1219Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: samba security update
Patch Availability(5)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | smbfs (2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.8) @ lucid | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | smbfs (2:4.5-2ubuntu0.11.04.1) @ natty | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| redhat | samba-0:3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4 | 2011-08-29 | redhat |
| redhat | samba3x-0:3.5.4-0.83.el5_7.2 | 2011-08-29 | redhat |
| redhat | samba-0:3.5.6-86.el6_1.4 | 2011-08-29 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(8 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| cifs-utils | — | 2:5.1-1 | — |
| samba | — | 2:3.4.7~dfsg-2 | — |
Debian:12(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| cifs-utils | — | 2:5.1-1 | — |
| samba | — | 2:3.4.7~dfsg-2 | — |
Debian:13(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| cifs-utils | — | 2:5.1-1 | — |
| samba | — | 2:3.4.7~dfsg-2 | — |
Debian:14(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| cifs-utils | — | 2:5.1-1 | — |
| samba | — | 2:3.4.7~dfsg-2 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(2)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
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