CVE-2011-1089

The addmntent function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.13 and earlier does not report an error status for failed attempts to write to the /etc/mtab file, which makes it easier for local users to trigger corruption of this file, as demonstrated by writes from a process with a small RLIMIT_FSIZE value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0296.

• CWE-16

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12625Issue Tracking
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178Broken Link
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:179Broken Link
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1526.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46740Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980Issue Tracking
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12625Issue Tracking
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178Broken Link
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:179Broken Link
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1526.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46740Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980Issue Tracking

Published

Apr 10, 2011

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified