CVE-2011-1089
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CVE-2011-1089
Summary:
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.
References: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:179, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1526.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46740, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2, http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12625, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980
