CVE-2011-1739

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-05-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The makemask function in mountd.c in mountd in FreeBSD 7.4 through 8.2 does not properly handle a -network field specifying a CIDR block with a prefix length that is not an integer multiple of 8, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances via an NFS mount request.

Affected products

FreeBSD: 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/44307
http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-11:01.mountd.asc
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025425
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47517
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1076
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66981
http://secunia.com/advisories/44307
http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-11:01.mountd.asc
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025425
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47517
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1076
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66981

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