Vulnerability Name:

CCN-66996

Published:2011-04-19
Updated:2011-04-19
Summary:The Red Hat nfs-utils package is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper consuming of resource limits by the mount.nfs utility. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to corrupt the /etc/mtab and cause and cause a denial of service.
CVSS v3 Severity:4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:2.1 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
1.6 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: CCN
Type: freshmeat.net
Project details for Linux NFS Utilities

Source: CCN
Type: SA44245
nfs-utils mount.nfs RLIMIT_FSIZE Security Issue

Source: CCN
Type: BID-47532
Linux NFS Project 'nfs-utils' Package 'mount.nfs' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 697975
nfs-utils: mount.nfs fails to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
nfsutils-mount-dos(66996)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:linux-nfs:nfs-utils:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    linux-nfs nfs-utils 1.2.3