CVE-2011-1675

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
9.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.038

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
(RHSA-2012:0307) Low: util-linux security, bug fix, and enhancement update util-linux-2.13-0.59.el5.i386.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2012:0307) Low: util-linux security, bug fix, and enhancement update util-linux-2.13-0.59.el5.x86_64.rpmLinux
CVE-2011-1675NCM

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234