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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.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade open-vm-tools | Jul 30, 2024 | Apr 10, 2011 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libvmtools-develUpgrade vmware-guest-kmp-paeUpgrade vmware-guest-kmp-desktopUpgrade libvmtools0Upgrade vmware-guest-kmp-defaultUpgrade open-vm-tools-guiUpgrade open-vm-tools | Dec 12, 2013 | Apr 9, 2011 |
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