fuse up to 2.8.5 access control

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A vulnerability was found in fuse and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to access control. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-0542. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in fuse. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

fusermount in fuse 2.8.5 and earlier does not perform a chdir to / before performing a mount or umount, which allows local users to unmount arbitrary directories via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was released 09/02/2011 (oss-sec). The advisory is available at openwall.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-0542 since 01/20/2011. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68309 (Oracle Linux 6 : fuse (ELSA-2011-1083)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155719 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for FUSE (ELSA-2011-1083)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (68309) and SecurityFocus (BID 44623†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-56204, VDB-58427 and VDB-58425. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• fuse

Version

• 1.9
• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.2.1
• 2.3.0
• 2.4.0
• 2.4.1
• 2.4.2
• 2.5.0
• 2.5.1
• 2.5.2
• 2.5.3
• 2.6.0
• 2.6.1
• 2.6.3
• 2.6.5
• 2.7.0
• 2.7.1
• 2.7.2
• 2.7.3
• 2.7.4
• 2.7.5
• 2.7.6
• 2.8.0
• 2.8.1
• 2.8.2
• 2.8.3
• 2.8.4
• 2.8.5

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