RHEL 6 : nfs-utils (RHSA-2011:1534)

high Nessus Plugin ID 57015

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated nfs-utils packages that fix two security issues, various bugs, and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

The nfs-utils packages provide a daemon for the kernel Network File System (NFS) server, and related tools such as the mount.nfs, umount.nfs, and showmount programs.

A flaw was found in the way nfs-utils performed IP based authentication of mount requests. In configurations where a directory was exported to a group of systems using a DNS wildcard or NIS (Network Information Service) netgroup, an attacker could possibly gain access to other directories exported to a specific host or subnet, bypassing intended access restrictions. (CVE-2011-2500)

It was found that the mount.nfs tool did not handle certain errors correctly when updating the mtab (mounted file systems table) file. A local attacker could use this flaw to corrupt the mtab file.
(CVE-2011-1749)

This update also fixes several bugs and adds an enhancement.
Documentation for these bug fixes and the enhancement will be available shortly from the Technical Notes document, linked to in the References section.

Users of nfs-utils are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues and add this enhancement. After installing this update, the nfs service will be restarted automatically.

Solution

Update the affected nfs-utils and / or nfs-utils-debuginfo packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-1749

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2500

http://www.nessus.org/u?056c0c27

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1534

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 57015

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-1534.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/6/2011

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nfs-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nfs-utils-debuginfo, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/6/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1749, CVE-2011-2500

BID: 47532, 48465

RHSA: 2011:1534