DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1681

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...

CVE-2011-1681

CVE-2011-1681 affects vmware-hgfsmounter in VMware Open Virtual Machine Tools (open-vm-tools) 8.4.2-261024 and earlier. The issue arises when the tool attempts to append to /etc/mtab without first checking whether resource limits would interfere, enabling a local user with a small RLIMIT_FSIZE to...

PT-2009-1126 · Vmware +3 · Open-Vm-Tools +3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: open-vm-tools version 2009.03.18-154848 Description: The issue is related to the mount.vmhgfs component of the open-vm-tools package, which incorrectly handles symbolic links before accessing a file. This can allow an attacker to access...