{"id":"CVE-2011-1089","details":"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vulnerability than CVE-2010-0296.","modified":"2026-01-27T04:10:41.564092Z","published":"2011-04-10T02:55:01Z","withdrawn":"2026-01-27T04:10:41.564092Z","references":[{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:179"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1526.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46740"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12625"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}