CVE-2011-1681

vmware-hgfsmounter in VMware Open Virtual Machine Tools (aka open-vm-tools) 8.4.2-261024 and earlier attempts to append to the /etc/mtab file without first checking whether resource limits would interfere, which allows local users to trigger corruption of this file via a process with a small RLIMIT_FSIZE value, a related issue to CVE-2011-1089.
References
Link Resource
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3 Exploit
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2
http://secunia.com/advisories/44904
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66699
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3 Exploit
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2
http://secunia.com/advisories/44904
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66699
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open-vm-tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 01:26

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References () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16 - () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16 -
References () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5 - () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5 -
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References () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6 - () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6 -
References () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4 - () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4 -
References () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6 - () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6 -
References () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3 - Exploit () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3 - Exploit
References () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4 - () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4 -
References () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2 - () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2 -
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/44904 - () http://secunia.com/advisories/44904 -
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980 - Exploit () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980 - Exploit
References () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66699 - () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66699 -
References () https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677 - () https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677 -

Information

Published : 2011-04-10 02:55

Updated : 2024-11-21 01:26


NVD link : CVE-2011-1681

Mitre link : CVE-2011-1681

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2011-1681


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  • open-vm-tools
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CWE-16

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