UBUNTU-CVE-2011-2500

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-2500
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2011/UBUNTU-CVE-2011-2500.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2011-2500
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:43Z
Published
2014-02-15T14:57:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:47:10.537100Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

The hostreliableaddrinfo function in support/export/hostname.c in nfs-utils before 1.2.4 does not properly use DNS to verify access to NFS exports, which allows remote attackers to mount filesystems by establishing crafted DNS A and PTR records.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / nfs-utils

Package

Name
nfs-utils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nfs-utils@1:1.2.8-6ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.2.8-6ubuntu1

Affected versions

1:1.*

1:1.2.8-2ubuntu2
1:1.2.8-4ubuntu1
1:1.2.8-5ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "nfs-common",
            "binary_version": "1:1.2.8-6ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nfs-kernel-server",
            "binary_version": "1:1.2.8-6ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2011/UBUNTU-CVE-2011-2500.json"