{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2011-1675","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value, a related issue to CVE-2011-1089.","modified":"2025-07-16T07:30:45.942647Z","published":"2011-04-10T02:55:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:42:42Z","upstream":["CVE-2011-1675"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-1675"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1675"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"util-linux","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/util-linux@2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4"}]}],"versions":["2.20.1-5.1ubuntu9","2.20.1-5.1ubuntu10","2.20.1-5.1ubuntu11","2.20.1-5.1ubuntu12","2.20.1-5.1ubuntu13","2.20.1-5.1ubuntu14","2.20.1-5.1ubuntu15","2.20.1-5.1ubuntu16","2.20.1-5.1ubuntu17","2.20.1-5.1ubuntu18","2.20.1-5.1ubuntu19","2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20","2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.1","2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.2","2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4","binary_name":"bsdutils"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4","binary_name":"cfdisk-udeb"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4","binary_name":"fdisk-udeb"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4","binary_name":"libblkid-dev"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4","binary_name":"libblkid1"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4","binary_name":"libblkid1-udeb"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4","binary_name":"libmount-dev"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4","binary_name":"libmount1"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4","binary_name":"libmount1-udeb"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4","binary_name":"libuuid1"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4","binary_name":"libuuid1-udeb"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4","binary_name":"mount"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4","binary_name":"util-linux"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4","binary_name":"util-linux-locales"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4","binary_name":"util-linux-udeb"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4","binary_name":"uuid-dev"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4","binary_name":"uuid-runtime"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2011/UBUNTU-CVE-2011-1675.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}