Description
Certain legacy functionality in fusermount in fuse 2.8.5 and earlier, when util-linux does not support the --no-canonicalize option, allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and unmount arbitrary directories via a symlink attack.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 3.3/10
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://fuse.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=fuse/fuse%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cbd3a2a84068aae6e3fe32939d88470d712dbf47
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/02/2Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/03/5Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/08/4Patch
- http://fuse.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=fuse/fuse%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cbd3a2a84068aae6e3fe32939d88470d712dbf47
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/02/2Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/03/5Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/08/4Patch
Timeline
- Published
- Sep 2, 2011
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified