CVE-2011-1749

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    CVE-2011-1749

    Published: 26 Feb 2014Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: 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, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697975, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/25/5

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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