CVE-2011-1749 | BDVDB-2026-60047 Detail

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697975
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
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1534.html

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12014-02-26Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.