CVE-2011-1089
EPSS 0.09%
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.
How to fix CVE-2011-1089
To remediate CVE-2011-1089, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/glibc—upgrade to 2.13-8 or later
Is CVE-2011-1089 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.13-8