CVE-2011-1675

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
Publication date:
10/04/2011
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:linux:util-linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.19 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:linux:util-linux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux:util-linux:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux:util-linux:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux:util-linux:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux:util-linux:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux:util-linux:2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux:util-linux:2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux:util-linux:2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux:util-linux:2.12:pre:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux:util-linux:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux:util-linux:2.13:pre:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux:util-linux:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux:util-linux:2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux:util-linux:2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*


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