CVE-2011-1681
Description
vmware-hgfsmounter in VMware Open Virtual Machine Tools (aka open-vm-tools) 8.4.2-261024 and earlier attempts to append to the /etc/mtab file without first checking whether resource limits would interfere, which allows local users to trigger corruption of this file via a process with a small RLIMIT_FSIZE value, a related issue to CVE-2011-1089.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2:8.4.2+2011.08.21-471295-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| vmware | open-vm-tools | {"endIncluding":"8.4.2-261024"} | |
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/44904
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66699
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1681
CWEs
CWE-16
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.