CVE-2011-2500

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

linux-nfs nfs-utils

First reported 11 years ago

2014-02-15 14:57:00

Last updated 10 years ago

2014-03-06 04:30:00

Affected Software

linux-nfs nfs-utils 1.2.0

1.2.0

linux-nfs nfs-utils 1.2.1

1.2.1

linux-nfs nfs-utils 1.2.2

1.2.2

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