CVE-2011-1089

NameCVE-2011-1089
DescriptionThe 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.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
glibc (PTS)bullseye2.31-13+deb11u11fixed
bullseye (security)2.31-13+deb11u10fixed
bookworm2.36-9+deb12u8fixed
bookworm (security)2.36-9+deb12u7fixed
trixie2.40-2fixed
sid2.40-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
eglibcsourcesqueeze2.11.3-1
eglibcsource(unstable)2.13-8
glibcsource(unstable)2.13-8

Notes

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q1/368
http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=e1fb097f447a89aa69a926e45e673a52d86a6c57

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