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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.70519
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2011:186 (nfs-utils)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to nfs-utils
announced via advisory MDVSA-2011:186.

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in nfs-utils:

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).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Affected: 2010.1, Enterprise Server 5.0

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2011:186

Risk factor : High

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-1749
RHSA-2011:1534
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1534.html
RHSA-2012:0310
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0310.html
[oss-security] 20140425 Re: CVE request: CVE-2011-1089-like flaw in mount.nfs
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/25/5
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nfs/files/nfs-utils/1.2.4/Changelog-nfs-utils-1.2.4/download
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697975
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