low3.3
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 c…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux-Nfs | Nfs-Utils | through 1.2.3 Versions 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1534.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0310.html
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/nfs/files/nfs-utils/1.2.4/Changelog-nfs-utils-1.2.4/download
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/25/5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697975
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1534.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0310.html
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/nfs/files/nfs-utils/1.2.4/Changelog-nfs-utils-1.2.4/download
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/25/5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697975