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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200511-17 (FUSE)

Information

Severity

Severity

Low

Family

Family

Gentoo Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

2.1

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200511-17.

Insight

Insight

The fusermount utility from FUSE can be abused to corrupt the /etc/mtab file contents, potentially allowing a local attacker to set unauthorized mount options.

Solution

Solution

All FUSE users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-fs/fuse-2.4.1-r1' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200511-17 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112902

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