UBUNTU-CVE-2011-1676

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-1676
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2011/UBUNTU-CVE-2011-1676.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2011-1676
Upstream
  • CVE-2011-1676
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:42Z
Published
2011-04-10T02:55:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:10:29.292229Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

mount in util-linux 2.19 and earlier does not remove the /etc/mtab.tmp file after a failed attempt to add a mount entry, which allows local users to trigger corruption of the /etc/mtab file via multiple invocations.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / util-linux

Package

Name
util-linux
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/util-linux@2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4

Affected versions

2.*
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu9
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu10
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu11
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu12
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu13
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu14
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu15
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu16
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu17
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu18
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu19
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.1
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.2
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4",
            "binary_name": "bsdutils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4",
            "binary_name": "cfdisk-udeb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4",
            "binary_name": "fdisk-udeb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4",
            "binary_name": "libblkid-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4",
            "binary_name": "libblkid1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4",
            "binary_name": "libblkid1-udeb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4",
            "binary_name": "libmount-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4",
            "binary_name": "libmount1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4",
            "binary_name": "libmount1-udeb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4",
            "binary_name": "libuuid1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4",
            "binary_name": "libuuid1-udeb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4",
            "binary_name": "mount"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4",
            "binary_name": "util-linux"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4",
            "binary_name": "util-linux-locales"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4",
            "binary_name": "util-linux-udeb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4",
            "binary_name": "uuid-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4",
            "binary_name": "uuid-runtime"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2011/UBUNTU-CVE-2011-1676.json"