DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1675

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1675

    Published: 10 Apr 2011Last Modified: 14 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2011-1675

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1675

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: util-linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/util-linux?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.20.1-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High