CVE-2013-1923

Summary

CVECVE-2013-1923
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-01-21 18:55:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-29 01:33:00 UTC
Descriptionrpc-gssd in nfs-utils before 1.2.8 performs reverse DNS resolution for server names during GSSAPI authentication, which might allow remote attackers to read otherwise-restricted files via DNS spoofing attacks.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

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 1.2.3 All All All
Application Linux-nfs Nfs-utils 1.2.4 All All All
Application Linux-nfs Nfs-utils 1.2.5 All All All
Application Linux-nfs Nfs-utils 1.2.6 All All All
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 1.2.3 All All All
Application Linux-nfs Nfs-utils 1.2.4 All All All
Application Linux-nfs Nfs-utils 1.2.5 All All All
Application Linux-nfs Nfs-utils 1.2.6 All All All
Application Linux-nfs Nfs-utils All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
948072 – (CVE-2013-1923) CVE-2013-1923 nfs-utils: rpc.gssd is vulnerable to DNS spoofing CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
openSUSE-SU-2013:1016-1: moderate: update for nfs-utils SUSE lists.opensuse.org
'Re: [PATCH] Avoid PTR lookups when possible' - MARC MLIST marc.info
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
nfs-utils 'rpc.gssd' DNS Spoofing Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
'Re: [PATCH] Avoid PTR lookups when possible' - MARC MLIST marc.info
openSUSE-SU-2013:1012-1: moderate: update for nfs-utils SUSE lists.opensuse.org
openSUSE-SU-2013:1048-1: moderate: This update of nfs-utils fixed a DNS SUSE lists.opensuse.org
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