CVE-2011-1675 in Kernel

Summary

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.

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• Reservation: 04/09/2011
• Disclosure: 04/09/2011
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-16 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.1
• EPSS: 0.00038
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1675
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1675
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2011-1675/