CVE-2011-1675

CVE Details

Release Date:	2011-04-10
Impact:	None	What is this?

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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	3.3
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (util-linux)	ELSA-2012-0307	2012-03-01
Oracle Linux version 6 (util-linux-ng)	ELSA-2011-1691	2011-12-14