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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2010-3879 EUVD-2010-3857GHSA-9qwx-j72c-6hr4

FUSE, possibly 2.8.5 and earlier, allows local users to create mtab entries with arbitrary pathnames, and consequently unmount any filesyst…

Published Jan 22, 2011 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by redhat

Package: fuse Ecosystem: Debian

Description

FUSE, possibly 2.8.5 and earlier, allows local users to create mtab entries with arbitrary pathnames, and consequently unmount any filesystem, via a symlink attack on the parent directory of the mountpoint of a FUSE filesystem, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0789.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 13 fuse 2.8.5-1 —
Debian 12 fuse 2.8.5-1 —

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 6 fuse +2 2.8.3-3.el6_1 RHSA-2011:1083

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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Exploit-DB 1

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Advisories 1

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