CVE-2011-0541

Publication date 10 February 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

fuse 2.8.5 and earlier does not properly handle when /etc/mtab cannot be updated, which allows local users to unmount arbitrary directories via a symlink attack.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
fuse	10.10 maverick	Fixed 2.8.4-1ubuntu1.3
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 2.8.1-1.1ubuntu3.1
	9.10 karmic	Fixed 2.7.4-1.1ubuntu4.5
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 2.7.2-1ubuntu2.3
	6.06 LTS dapper	Ignored end of life

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Patch details

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
fuse	Upstream: http://fuse.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=fuse/fuse;a=commit;h=bf5ffb5fd8558bd799791834def431c0cee5a11f

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1077-1
FUSE vulnerabilities
28 February 2011

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-0541