ubuntu-cve-2011-1681
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2011-04-10 02:55
Modified
2025-07-16 04:49
Summary
Details

vmware-hgfsmounter in VMware Open Virtual Machine Tools (aka open-vm-tools) 8.4.2-261024 and earlier attempts to append to the /etc/mtab file without first checking whether resource limits would interfere, which allows local users to trigger corruption of this file via a process with a small RLIMIT_FSIZE value, a related issue to CVE-2011-1089.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-dkms",
            "binary_version": "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-dkms-lts-trusty",
            "binary_version": "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-toolbox",
            "binary_version": "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-toolbox-lts-trusty",
            "binary_version": "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools",
            "binary_version": "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dbg",
            "binary_version": "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop",
            "binary_version": "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dev",
            "binary_version": "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dkms",
            "binary_version": "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-lts-trusty",
            "binary_version": "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-lts-trusty-dbg",
            "binary_version": "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-lts-trusty-desktop",
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          },
          {
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            "binary_version": "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-lts-trusty-dkms",
            "binary_version": "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "open-vm-tools",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools@2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.2?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2013.09.16-1328054-0ubuntu1",
        "2013.09.16-1328054-0ubuntu2",
        "2013.09.16-1328054-0ubuntu4",
        "2013.09.16-1328054-0ubuntu5",
        "2013.09.16-1328054-0ubuntu6",
        "2:9.4.0-1280544-5",
        "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu1",
        "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu2",
        "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu4",
        "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu5",
        "2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "vmware-hgfsmounter in VMware Open Virtual Machine Tools (aka open-vm-tools) 8.4.2-261024 and earlier attempts to append to the /etc/mtab file without first checking whether resource limits would interfere, which allows local users to trigger corruption of this file via a process with a small RLIMIT_FSIZE value, a related issue to CVE-2011-1089.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2011-1681",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:49:59Z",
  "published": "2011-04-10T02:55:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-1681"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1681"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2011-1681"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:42:42Z"
}



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