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Debian Security Advisory DSA 4257-1 (fuse - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Jann Horn discovered that FUSE, a Filesystem in USErspace, allows the bypass of the user_allow_other restriction when SELinux is active (including in permissive mode). A local user can take advantage of this flaw in the fusermount utility to bypass the system configuration and mount a FUSE filesystem with the allow_other mount option.
Affected Software
Affected Software
fuse on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.9.7-1+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your fuse packages. For the detailed security status of fuse please refer to its security tracker page linked in the references.