CVE-2011-1676
LOW · CVSS 3.3EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (42th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1676)
- Published
- April 10, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1676 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / util-linux
- linux / util-linux
- linux / util-linux
- linux / util-linux
- linux / util-linux
- linux / util-linux
- linux / util-linux
- linux / util-linux
- linux / util-linux
- linux / util-linux
- linux / util-linux
- linux / util-linux
- linux / util-linux
- linux / util-linux
- linux / util-linux
- linux / util-linux
- linux / util-linux
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(Exploit)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66704
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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