CVE-2011-1749

CVE Details

Release Date:

2011-04-19

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.

See more information about CVE-2011-1749 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	1.9	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (nfs-utils)	ELSA-2012-0310	2012-03-01
Oracle Linux version 6 (nfs-utils)	ELSA-2011-1534	2011-12-14

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