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.
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Configurations
History
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References | () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10 - | |
References | () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11 - | |
References | () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12 - | |
References | () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9 - | |
References | () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3 - | |
References | () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7 - | |
References | () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9 - | |
References | () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16 - | |
References | () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5 - | |
References | () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7 - | |
References | () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6 - | |
References | () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4 - | |
References | () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6 - | |
References | () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3 - Exploit | |
References | () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4 - | |
References | () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2 - | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/44904 - | |
References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980 - Exploit | |
References | () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66699 - | |
References | () 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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Products Affected
vmware
- open-vm-tools
CWE
CWE-16
Configuration