Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 10, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-1089
CVE-2011-1089
Description
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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Affected products
59cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 58 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.13
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:1.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:1.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:1.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:1.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:1.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:1.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:1.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:1.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:1.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:1.09.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:1.09:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=2.13
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
22- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1526.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/46740nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdBroken Link
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdBroken Link
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
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