CVE-2011-1681 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can corrupt /etc/mtab by exploiting resource limit checks in vmware-hgfsmounter, causing system instability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2011-1681?
CVE-2011-1681 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Apr 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-16
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1681?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Vmware Open-Vm-Tools.
How do I fix CVE-2011-1681?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2011-1681 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1681 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1681, GHSA-94c3-vwq8-frg9.