NFS Predictable Filehandles Filesystem Access

medium Nessus Plugin ID 11353

Synopsis

The remote service is vulnerable to access control breach.

Description

The remote NFS server might allow an attacker to guess the NFS filehandles, and therefore allow them to mount the remote filesystems without the proper authorizations.

Solution

Contact your vendor for the appropriate patches.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 11353

File Name: nfs_fsirand.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: remote

Family: RPC

Published: 3/12/2003

Updated: 7/16/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/OS, rpc/portmap

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/1991

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-1999-0167

BID: 32

CERT-CC: CA-1991-21

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