01 Record
CVE-2010-1088
fs/namei.c in Linux kernel 2.6.18 through 2.6.34 does not always follow NFS automount "symlinks," which allows attackers to have an unknown impact, related to LOOKUP_FOLLOW.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
fs/namei.c in Linux kernel 2.6.18 through 2.6.34 does not always follow NFS automount "symlinks," which allows attackers to have an unknown impact, related to LOOKUP_FOLLOW.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.77% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-04-06 22:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 01:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-03-23
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 19d44ab01b46da930665e04ddcafaa808b2faf1a46c4ea6daf8153567dbd8b05
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ac278a9c505092dd82077a2446af8f9fc0d9c095
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:198http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20100224 CVE request: kernel: NFS DoS related to "automount" symlinkshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/24/3
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:088http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:088
- www.securityfocus.com39044http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39044
- secunia.com43315http://secunia.com/advisories/43315
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2010:019http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00007.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10093https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10093
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2010:023http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2010_23_kernel.html
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
- secunia.com39742http://secunia.com/advisories/39742
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567813
- www.debian.orgDSA-2053http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053
- www.securityfocus.com20110211 VMSA-2011-0003 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESXhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com39830http://secunia.com/advisories/39830