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…

published February 26, 2014

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
27.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00348 · 27.0th percentile
Published
2014-02-26T15:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 FEB 15:00Z
    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…
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