CVE-2011-1749

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-1749
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-02-26 15:55:06 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.3 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.001630000 probability, percentile 0.366910000 (date 2026-05-05)

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Linux-nfs Nfs-utils 1.2.0 All All All
Application Linux-nfs Nfs-utils 1.2.1 All All All
Application Linux-nfs Nfs-utils 1.2.2 All All All
Application Linux-nfs Nfs-utils All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Patch
oss-security - Re: CVE request: CVE-2011-1089-like flaw in mount.nfs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Bug 697975 – CVE-2011-1749 nfs-utils: mount.nfs fails to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
access.redhat.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Download NFS from SourceForge.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Patch
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