Scott James Remnant mountall 1.0/2.14 mountall.c race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Scott James Remnant mountall 1.0/2.14. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file mountall.c. The manipulation leads to race condition. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-2961. Moreover, an exploit is present. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Scott James Remnant mountall 1.0/2.14 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the file mountall.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

mountall.c in mountall before 2.15.2 uses 0666 permissions for the root.rules file, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying this file.

The weakness was disclosed 09/09/2010 with Ubuntu (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at bugs.launchpad.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-2961 since 08/04/2010. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 49171 (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : mountall vulnerability (USN-985-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 1.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (15074), Tenable (49171), SecurityFocus (BID 43084†), OSVDB (67914†) and Secunia (SA41351†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 49171
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : mountall vulnerability (USN-985-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 840492
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for mountall vulnerability USN-985-1
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: mountall 1.0

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugs.launchpad.net
Organization: Ubuntu
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-2961 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2961
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54707

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SecurityFocus: 43084 - Ubuntu Linux 'mountall' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 41351 - Ubuntu update for mountall, Less Critical
OSVDB: 67914 - mountall on Ubuntu mountall.c root.rules File Permission Weakness Privilege Escalation
Vulnerability Center: 27120 - Ubuntu mountall Package before 2.15.2 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, High
Vupen: ADV-2010-2342

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 11/24/2024 12:18
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (64), 03/04/2017 18:04 (18), 09/24/2021 20:32 (3), 11/24/2024 12:18 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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