CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-0211

Medium
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.62%

73th percentile - higher than 73% of all known CVEs

Summary

Extra long export lists over 256 characters in some mount daemons allow NFS directories to be mounted by anyone.

Risk Assessment

The ability for unauthorized users to mount NFS directories poses a risk of unauthorized access to data.

Recommendation

It is recommended to limit the length of export lists and implement appropriate security measures in the configuration of mount daemons.

Original NVD description (English source)

Extra long export lists over 256 characters in some mount daemons allows NFS directories to be mounted by anyone.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS