Upstream information
Description
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.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having low severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 3.3 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL | util-linux | Already fixed |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 | util-linux | Ignore |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 | util-linux | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | util-linux | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 | util-linux | Ignore |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS | util-linux | Ignore |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 | util-linux | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS | util-linux | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | util-linux | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS | util-linux | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS | util-linux | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 | util-linux | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP1 | util-linux | Ignore |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 | util-linux | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | util-linux | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 | util-linux | Ignore |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 | util-linux | Ignore |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 | util-linux | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 | util-linux | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP2 | util-linux | Already fixed |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 | util-linux | Already fixed |
| SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3 | util-linux | Ignore |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Jul 6 15:04:10 2012CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 13 18:36:38 2023