CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2011-2500

Published: Feb 15, 2014 | Modified: Mar 06, 2014
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The 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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Nfs-utils Linux-nfs * 1.2.3
Nfs-utils Linux-nfs 1.2.2 1.2.2
Nfs-utils Linux-nfs 1.2.1 1.2.1
Nfs-utils Linux-nfs 1.2.0 1.2.0

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