CVE-2011-2500

Summary

CVECVE-2011-2500
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-02-15 14:57:06 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe host_reliable_addrinfo function in support/export/hostname.c in nfs-utils before 1.2.4 does not properly use DNS to verify access to NFS exports, which allows remote attackers to mount filesystems by establishing crafted DNS A and PTR records.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.006200000 probability, percentile 0.701020000 (date 2026-05-05)

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/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
716949 – (CVE-2011-2500) CVE-2011-2500 nfs-utils: Improper authentication of an incoming request when an IP based authentication used af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
NFS - Browse /nfs-utils/1.2.4 at SourceForge.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
'[PATCH] nfs: fix host_reliable_addrinfo (try #2)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
access.redhat.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Download NFS from SourceForge.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
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