Description
FUSE, possibly 2.8.5 and earlier, allows local users to create mtab entries with arbitrary pathnames, and consequently unmount any filesystem, via a symlink attack on the parent directory of the mountpoint of a FUSE filesystem, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0789.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2010-3857 | FUSE, possibly 2.8.5 and earlier, allows local users to create mtab entries with arbitrary pathnames, and consequently unmount any filesystem, via a symlink attack on the parent directory of the mountpoint of a FUSE filesystem, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0789. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-1045-1 | FUSE vulnerability |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-1045-2 | util-linux update |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T03:26:11.877Z
Reserved: 2010-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2010-3879
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Status : Modified
Published: 2011-01-22T22:00:02.927
Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040
Link: CVE-2010-3879
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD
Ubuntu USN