DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1089

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CVE-2011-1089
Published: 10 Apr 2011, 02:55
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:06

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

10 Apr 2011, 02:55
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:06
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

Affected Systems

  • debian•glibc

    < 2.13-8 | < 2.13-8 | < 2.13-8 | < 2.13-8

References (1)