oss-security - Re: CVE request: CVE-2011-1089-like flaw in mount.nfs

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Message-ID: <1015413872.149944.1303760453725.JavaMail.root@zmail01.collab.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:40:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: Josh Bressers <bressers@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: coley <coley@...re.org>
Subject: Re: CVE request: CVE-2011-1089-like flaw in
 mount.nfs

----- Original Message -----
> A similar issue to CVE-2011-1089 was found in mount.nfs because it
> uses
> it's own addmntent() implementation to update /etc/mtab
> (nfs_addmntend()). It also fails to anticipate resource limits and
> could trigger corruption of the mtab file.
> 
> For more details see:
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697975
> 
> Could a CVE name be assigned to this issue please? Thanks.
> 

Please use CVE-2011-1749.

Thanks.

-- 
    JB

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