CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.1 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 2.16 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a config vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-16. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The weakness was presented 04/09/2011 by Dan Rosenberg as Bug 688980 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-1675 since 04/09/2011. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/02/2021). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592.004 for this issue.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 74058 (GLSA-201405-15 : util-linux: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 156285 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for util-linux Security, Bug Fix, and Enhancement Update (ELSA-2012-0307)).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (66705) and Tenable (74058). See 57055, 57054, 57048 and 57056 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: ConfigCWE: CWE-16
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Nessus ID: 74058
Nessus Name: GLSA-201405-15 : util-linux: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 831682
OpenVAS Name: Mandriva Update for util-linux MDVSA-2012:083 (util-linux)
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Timeline
03/31/2011 🔍04/09/2011 🔍
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07/24/2012 🔍
05/19/2014 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: kernel.orgAdvisory: Bug 688980
Researcher: Dan Rosenberg
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2011-1675 (🔍)
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X-Force: 66705
Vulnerability Center: 35641 - Mount in Util-Linux 2.19 and Earlier Local Denial of Service Vulnerability, Low
SecurityFocus: 50941 - util-linux Package 'mount' and 'umount' Multiple Local Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 48114
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Entry
Created: 03/20/2015 16:16Updated: 11/02/2021 07:48
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (63), 04/14/2017 14:45 (11), 11/02/2021 07:42 (3), 11/02/2021 07:48 (1)
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