CVE-2013-1923

Severity: low (CVSS 3.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-01-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

rpc-gssd in nfs-utils before 1.2.8 performs reverse DNS resolution for server names during GSSAPI authentication, which might allow remote attackers to read otherwise-restricted files via DNS spoofing attacks.

Affected products

Linux-Nfs Nfs-Utils: through 1.2.7; 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5 (+1)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00142.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00146.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00172.html
http://marc.info/?l=linux-nfs&m=136491998607561&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-nfs&m=136500502805121&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58854
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=948072
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/85331
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00142.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00146.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00172.html
http://marc.info/?l=linux-nfs&m=136491998607561&w=2

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