| Name | CVE-2011-1089 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| glibc (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.19-18+deb8u14 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2.24-11+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.24-11+deb9u7 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2.28-10+deb10u4 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 2.31-13+deb11u11 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 2.31-13+deb11u10 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 2.36-9+deb12u8 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 2.36-9+deb12u7 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 2.40-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| eglibc | source | squeeze | 2.11.3-1 | |||
| eglibc | source | (unstable) | 2.13-8 | |||
| glibc | source | (unstable) | 2.13-8 |
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q1/368
http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=e1fb097f447a89aa69a926e45e673a52d86a6c57