CVEvulnerability

CVE-2011-1677

4.6 MEDIUM Published 2011-04-10 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2011-04-10
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

mount in util-linux 2.19 and earlier does not remove the /etc/mtab~ lock file after a failed attempt to add a mount entry, which has unspecified impact and local attack vectors.

Affected configurations

• linux util-linux (<= 2.19) • linux util-linux 2.2 • linux util-linux 2.5 • linux util-linux 2.7 • linux util-linux 2.8 • linux util-linux 2.9 • linux util-linux 2.10 • linux util-linux 2.11 • linux util-linux 2.12 • linux util-linux 2.13 • linux util-linux 2.14 • linux util-linux 2.15 • linux util-linux 2.16 • linux util-linux 2.17 • linux util-linux 2.18

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16 Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48114 secunia.com
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1691.html Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980 Issue Tracking
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66703 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16 Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48114 secunia.com
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1691.html Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980 Issue Tracking
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66703 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com