Upstream 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.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 3.3 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- openSUSE-SU-2011:0985-1
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 | ncpfs | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 | ncpfs | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 | ncpfs | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4-LTSS | ncpfs | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 | ncpfs | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 | ncpfs | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | ncpfs | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP1 | ncpfs | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 | ncpfs | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 | ncpfs | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 | ncpfs | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 | ncpfs | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 | ncpfs | Affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 08:09:42 2013CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 2 18:24:17 2024