Upstream information
Description
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.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| CVSS detail | National Vulnerability Database | 
|---|---|
| Base Score | 1.9 | 
| Vector | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P | 
| Access Vector | Local | 
| Access Complexity | Medium | 
| Authentication | None | 
| Confidentiality Impact | None | 
| Integrity Impact | None | 
| Availability Impact | Partial | 
| CVSS detail | National Vulnerability Database | 
|---|---|
| Base Score | 4.7 | 
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | 
| Attack Vector | Local | 
| Attack Complexity | High | 
| Privileges Required | Low | 
| User Interaction | None | 
| Scope | Unchanged | 
| Confidentiality Impact | None | 
| Integrity Impact | None | 
| Availability Impact | High | 
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 | 
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 19:16:47 2013CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:17:28 2025
