Name: Vulnix
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Description

mount in util-linux 2.19 and earlier attempts to append to the /etc/mtab.tmp file without first checking whether resource limits would interfere, which allows local users to trigger corruption of the /etc/mtab file via a process with a small RLIMIT_FSIZE value, a related issue to CVE-2011-1089.

Metrics

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

Weakness enumeration

CWE-399

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://secunia.com/advisories/48114
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1691.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980Issue Tracking
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66705
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://secunia.com/advisories/48114
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1691.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980Issue Tracking
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66705

Timeline

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

CVE-2011-1675