CVE - CVE-2011-1749

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-1749	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MLIST:[oss-security] 20140425 Re: CVE request: CVE-2011-1089-like flaw in mount.nfs URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/25/5 CONFIRM:http://sourceforge.net/projects/nfs/files/nfs-utils/1.2.4/Changelog-nfs-utils-1.2.4/download CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697975 REDHAT:RHSA-2011:1534 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1534.html REDHAT:RHSA-2012:0310 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0310.html
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Date Entry Created
20110419	Disclaimer: The entry 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 (20110419)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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