CVE - CVE-2011-1679

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-1679	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
ncpfs 2.2.6 and earlier attempts to use (1) ncpmount to append to the /etc/mtab file and (2) ncpumount to append to the /etc/mtab.tmp file without first checking whether resource limits would interfere, which allows local users to trigger corruption of the /etc/mtab file via a process with a small RLIMIT_FSIZE value, a related issue to CVE-2011-1089.
References
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MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110303 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110303 Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110304 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110304 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110305 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110305 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110307 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110314 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110314 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110314 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110315 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110322 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110322 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110331 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110331 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110401 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2 XF:ncpfs-mtab-security-bypass(66701) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66701
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20110409	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20110409)
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