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CVE-2011-1089 Detail

Description

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.


Metrics

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-16 Configuration cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-1089
NVD Published Date:
04/09/2011
NVD Last Modified:
04/28/2026
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.