CVE-2011-1680 Denial of service in n/a
A local attacker can cause a denial of service by triggering a failed mount attempt that leaves a lock file, preventing future mounts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2011-1680?
CVE-2011-1680 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Apr 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ncpmount in ncpfs 2.2.6 and earlier does not remove the /etc/mtab~ lock file after a failed attempt to add a mount entry, which has unspecified impact and local attack vectors.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1680?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ncpfs Ncpfs.
How do I fix CVE-2011-1680?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-1680 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2011-1680 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1680 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f88x-mrj5-3243.