# CVE-2011-1681: 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 fil

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2011-04-10 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

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## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66699
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44904
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677

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