CVE-2011-1749

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

9.1

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.163

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
(RHSA-2011:1534) Low: nfs-utils security, bug fix, and enhancement update nfs-utils-1.2.3-15.el6.i686.rpm	Linux
(RHSA-2011:1534) Low: nfs-utils security, bug fix, and enhancement update nfs-utils-1.2.3-15.el6.x86_64.rpm	Linux
(RHSA-2012:0310) Low: nfs-utils security, bug fix, and enhancement update nfs-utils-1.0.9-60.el5.i386.rpm	Linux
(RHSA-2012:0310) Low: nfs-utils security, bug fix, and enhancement update nfs-utils-1.0.9-60.el5.x86_64.rpm	Linux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234