The 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2014-02-26T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:37:25.665Z

Reserved: 2011-04-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-1749

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2014-02-26T15:55:06.920

Modified: 2014-03-10T21:29:43.817

Link: CVE-2011-1749

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2011-04-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-1749 - Bugzilla