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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