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CVE-2011-1678 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2011-1678: 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 w

Affects 3 Linux releases across 6 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2011-1678 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • cifs-utils→ fixed in2:5.1-1urgency: low
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cifs-utils
  • samba→ fixed in2:3.4.7~dfsg-2urgency: low
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y samba

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • cifs-utils→ fixed in2:5.1-1urgency: low
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cifs-utils
  • samba→ fixed in2:3.4.7~dfsg-2urgency: low
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y samba

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • cifs-utils→ fixed in2:5.1-1urgency: low
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cifs-utils
  • samba→ fixed in2:3.4.7~dfsg-2urgency: low
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y samba
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