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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 26, 2014· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2011-1749

CVE-2011-1749

Description

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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Affected products

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  • NFS Utils/nfs-utils5 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:linux-nfs:nfs-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:linux-nfs:nfs-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.2.3
    • cpe:2.3:a:linux-nfs:nfs-utils:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:linux-nfs:nfs-utils:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:linux-nfs:nfs-utils:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <1.2.4

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