CVE-2011-1675
EPSS 0.04%
Description
mount in util-linux 2.19 and earlier attempts to append to the /etc/mtab.tmp file without first checking whether resource limits would interfere, which allows local users to trigger corruption of the /etc/mtab file via a process with a small RLIMIT_FSIZE value, a related issue to CVE-2011-1089.
How to fix CVE-2011-1675
To remediate CVE-2011-1675, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/util-linux—upgrade to 2.20.1-1 or later
Is CVE-2011-1675 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.20.1-1