CVE-2011-1749

CVSS V2 Low 3.3 CVSS V3 None

Description

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2011-1749

Assigner
secalert@redhat.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2014-02-26T15:55:06

Last Modified Date
2014-03-10T21:29:43

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-20	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:linux-nfs:nfs-utils::::::::	1	OR	1.2.3
cpe:2.3:a:linux-nfs:nfs-utils:1.2.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:linux-nfs:nfs-utils:1.2.1:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:linux-nfs:nfs-utils:1.2.2:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
3.3

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
3.4

Impact Score
4.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
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

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1749
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1749

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 10:37:01				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-01 22:00:12	2014-02-26T15:55Z	2014-02-26T15:55:06	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-01 22:00:12		2014-03-10T21:29:43	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-01 22:00:12		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated