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CVE-2011-1675

Publication date 10 April 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
util-linux 15.04 vivid
Not affected
14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
13.10 saucy Ignored
13.04 raring Ignored
12.10 quantal Ignored
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
11.10 oneiric Ignored
11.04 natty Ignored
10.10 maverick Ignored
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored
9.10 karmic Ignored
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored

Patch details

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Package Patch details
util-linux