CVE ID:	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.
Test IDs:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2013.1287.1   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.70477   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.831606   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.831466   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.831682   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.72005   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2013.1251.1   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.870629   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2012.1488.1   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.72055   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.72056
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-1089 46740 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46740 MDVSA-2011:178 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178 MDVSA-2011:179 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:179 RHSA-2011:1526 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1526.html [oss-security] 20110303 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11 [oss-security] 20110303 Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9 [oss-security] 20110304 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10 [oss-security] 20110304 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12 [oss-security] 20110305 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3 [oss-security] 20110305 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7 [oss-security] 20110307 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9 [oss-security] 20110314 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16 [oss-security] 20110314 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5 [oss-security] 20110314 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7 [oss-security] 20110315 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6 [oss-security] 20110322 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4 [oss-security] 20110322 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6 [oss-security] 20110331 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3 [oss-security] 20110331 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4 [oss-security] 20110401 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2 http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12625 http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12625 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980