PT-2014-2122

CVE-2011-2500

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Published

2011-12-05

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Updated

2014-03-06

Description by

CVSS 2.0
7.5
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions nfs-utils versions prior to 1.2.4
Description The issue arises from the host reliable addrinfo function in nfs-utils, which fails to properly utilize DNS for verifying access to NFS exports. This allows remote attackers to mount filesystems by creating crafted DNS A and PTR records.
Recommendations For versions prior to 1.2.4, update to version 1.2.4 or later to resolve the issue.
Exploitability
Fix
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-264
Related identifiers
CVE-2011-2500
RHSA-2011:1534
RHSA-2011_1534
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