CVE-2011-1675

NIEDRIG 3.3CVE-2011-1675 · Published 10/04/2011 · updated 16/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
util-linux linux	`= 2.10= 2.11= 2.12= 2.13= 2.14= 2.15= 2.16= 2.17= 2.18= 2.2= 2.5= 2.7= 2.8= 2.9≤ 2.19`	No fix yet

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.

References

openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2 · Mailing List
secunia.com/advisories/48114
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1691.html · Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66705

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