Upstream 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.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having important severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 3.3 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- openSUSE-SU-2011:0747-1
openSUSE-SU-2011:0749-1
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
|---|
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Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated.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 | nfs-utils | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4-LTSS | nfs-utils | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 | nfs-utils | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS | nfs-utils | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS | nfs-utils | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 | nfs-utils | Released |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 19:09:10 2013CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 2 18:24:24 2024