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Linux Kernel CIFS Signing Options Weakness
Secunia Advisory: SA26366
Release Date: 2007-08-09
Popularity: 7,832 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Workaround

OS:Linux Kernel 2.6.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-3843


Description:
A weakness has been reported in the Linux Kernel, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

The weakness is caused due to the Linux Kernel not correctly enforcing the defined signing options when mounting a CIFS file system. This may weaken the security and can be leveraged to perform further attacks.

Solution:
The weakness is fixed in version 2.6.23-rc1.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.

Original Advisory:
Linux Kernel:
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.23-rc1

Red Hat:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=246595


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