ncpfs 2.2.6 and earlier attempts to use (1) ncpmount to append to the /etc/mtab file and (2) ncpumount to append to the /etc/mtab.tmp file without first checking whether resource limits would interfere, which allows local users to trigger corruption of the /etc/mtab file via a process with a small RLIMIT_FSIZE value, a related issue to CVE-2011-1089.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2011-04-10T01:29:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:37:24.547Z

Reserved: 2011-04-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-1679

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-04-10T02:55:02.367

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-1679

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