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Description

The addmntent function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.13 and earlier does not report an error status for failed attempts to write to the /etc/mtab file, which makes it easier for local users to trigger corruption of this file, as demonstrated by writes from a process with a small RLIMIT_FSIZE value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0296.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 3.3/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-16

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12625Issue Tracking
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:179Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1526.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46740Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980Issue Tracking
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12625Issue Tracking
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:179Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1526.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46740Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980Issue Tracking

Timeline

Published: Apr 10, 2011
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

CVE-2011-1089