CVE-2011-1675
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
3.3
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.20.1-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.20.1-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.20.1-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.20.1-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.20.1-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | util-linux | {"endIncluding":"2.19"} | |
| linux | util-linux | 2.2 | |
| linux | util-linux | 2.5 | |
| linux | util-linux | 2.7 | |
| linux | util-linux | 2.8 | |
| linux | util-linux | 2.9 | |
| linux | util-linux | 2.10 | |
| linux | util-linux | 2.11 | |
| linux | util-linux | 2.12 | |
| linux | util-linux | 2.13 | |
| linux | util-linux | 2.14 | |
| linux | util-linux | 2.15 | |
| linux | util-linux | 2.16 | |
| linux | util-linux | 2.17 | |
| linux | util-linux | 2.18 | |
References
- 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
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1675
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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