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title: "CVE-2011-1675\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-1675?format=md
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# CVE-2011-1675

Publication date 10 April 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| util-linux | 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.10 maverick | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 9.10 karmic | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-1675?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| util-linux | * Upstream:   [?id=ceb](http://git.kernel.org/cgit/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/commit/?id=ceb012522c6c767a9c072705dd7b245cc696d1db) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1675)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1675)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-1675)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1675)

### Other references

* <http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1675>