CVE-2010-1088 Information

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.

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=ac278a9c505092dd82077a2446af8f9fc0d9c095 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00007.html http://secunia.com/advisories/39742 http://secunia.com/advisories/39830 http://secunia.com/advisories/43315 http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:088 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2010_23_kernel.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/24/3 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39044 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567813 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10093