CVE-2011-1749

The nfs_addmntent function in support/nfs/nfs_mntent.c in the mount.nsf tool in nfs-utils before 1.2.4 attempts to append to the /etc/mtab file without first checking whether resource limits would interfere, which allows local users to corrupt this file via a process with a small RLIMIT_FSIZE value, a related issue to CVE-2011-1089.

CVSS v2.0 3.3 LOW

3.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 4.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0310.html	Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697975
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nfs/files/nfs-utils/1.2.4/Changelog-nfs-utils-1.2.4/download	Patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1534.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/25/5

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:linux-nfs:nfs-utils::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:linux-nfs:nfs-utils:1.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:linux-nfs:nfs-utils:1.2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:linux-nfs:nfs-utils:1.2.2:::::::*

Information

Published : 2014-02-26 07:55

Updated : 2014-03-10 14:29

NVD link : CVE-2011-1749

Mitre link : CVE-2011-1749

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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Products Affected

linux-nfs

nfs-utils

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