CVE-2011-1675

Impact

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48114
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1691.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66705
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3