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.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open-vm-tools | Vmware | * | 8.4.2-261024 (including) |
| Open-vm-tools | Ubuntu | karmic | * |
| Open-vm-tools | Ubuntu | lucid | * |
| Open-vm-tools | Ubuntu | maverick | * |
| Open-vm-tools | Ubuntu | natty | * |
| Open-vm-tools | Ubuntu | oneiric | * |
| Open-vm-tools | Ubuntu | precise | * |
| Open-vm-tools | Ubuntu | quantal | * |
| Open-vm-tools | Ubuntu | raring | * |
| Open-vm-tools | Ubuntu | saucy | * |
| Open-vm-tools | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Open-vm-tools | Ubuntu | utopic | * |
| Open-vm-tools | Ubuntu | vivid | * |
| Open-vm-tools | Ubuntu | wily | * |
| Open-vm-tools | Ubuntu | yakkety | * |
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44904
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66699
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44904
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66699
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8711677