CVE-2011-1089
GNULibc6 File Corruption Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
April 10, 2011, 2:55 a.m.
Last Modified :
Dec. 7, 2016, 6:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
4.9
Exploitability Score :
3.4
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CVE-2011-1089 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
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CVE-2011-1089 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 07, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5 No Types Assigned http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Changed Reference Type http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6 No Types Assigned http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10 No Types Assigned http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Changed Reference Type http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7 No Types Assigned http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Changed Reference Type http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9 No Types Assigned http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Changed Reference Type http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4 No Types Assigned http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1526.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1526.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7 No Types Assigned http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Changed Reference Type http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12625 Exploit http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12625 Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:179 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:179 Broken Link Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980 Exploit https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980 Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4 No Types Assigned http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Changed Reference Type http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12 No Types Assigned http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Changed Reference Type http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16 No Types Assigned http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Changed Reference Type http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11 No Types Assigned http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Changed Reference Type http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9 No Types Assigned http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Changed Reference Type http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2 No Types Assigned http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46740 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46740 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6 No Types Assigned http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Changed Reference Type http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3 Exploit http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Changed Reference Type http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3 No Types Assigned http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 11, 2011
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2011-1089 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2011-1089
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.08236
percentile