Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20111681000
Revision Date:2011-04-09Version:1
Title:CVE-2011-1681 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - low.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2011-1681
Platform(s):Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) is installed.
  • AND The vulnerability of the 'open-vm-tools' package in precise is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
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