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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2011-04-10T01:29:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:14:27.618Z

Reserved: 2011-02-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-1089

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2011-04-10T02:55:01.367

Modified: 2016-12-07T18:15:43.747

Link: CVE-2011-1089

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2011-03-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-1089 - Bugzilla