util-linux bug fix and enhancement update

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ALBA-2020:4575 util-linux bug fix and enhancement update

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section...

Linux / Unix su Privilege Escalation Exploit

This Metasploit module attempts to create a new login session by invoking the su command of a valid username and password. If the login is successful, a new session is created via the specified payload. Because su forces passwords to be passed over stdin, this module attempts to invoke a...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for util-linux (EulerOS-SA-2020-2194)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.2.2 : util-linux (EulerOS-SA-2020-2194)

According to the version of the util-linux package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - Buffer overflow in text-utils/colcrt.c in colcrt in util-linux before 2.27 allows local users to cause a denial of service crash...

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An update of 'linux-esx', 'gnutls', 'util-linux', 'linux' packages of Photon OS has been released...

Important Photon OS Security Update - PHSA-2020-0330

Updates of 'gnutls', 'linux', 'linux-esx', 'util-linux' packages of Photon OS have been released...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4512-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

USN-4512-1 util-linux vulnerability

It was discovered that the umount bash completion script shipped in util-linux incorrectly handled certain mountpoints. If a local attacker were able to create arbitrary mountpoints, another user could be tricked into executing arbitrary code when attempting to run the umount command with bash...

USN-4512-1: util-linux vulnerability

It was discovered that the umount bash completion script shipped in util-linux incorrectly handled certain mountpoints. If a local attacker were able to create arbitrary mountpoints, another user could be tricked into executing arbitrary code when attempting to run the umount command with bash...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : util-linux vulnerability (USN-4512-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4512-1 advisory. It was discovered that the umount bash completion script shipped in util-linux incorrectly handled certain mountpoints. If a local attacker were able to create...

util-linux:test_fdisk_script_fuzz: Heap-buffer-overflow in fdisk_partname

Project: https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux.git Detailed Report: https://oss-fuzz.com/testcase?key=5705475858104320 Project: util-linux Fuzzing Engine: libFuzzer Fuzz Target: testfdiskscriptfuzz Job Type: libfuzzerasani386util-linux Platform Id: linux Crash Type: Heap-buffer-overflow READ 1...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for util-linux (EulerOS-SA-2020-1715)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.6.0 : util-linux (EulerOS-SA-2020-1715)

According to the version of the util-linux packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - Buffer overflow in text-utils/colcrt.c in colcrt in util-linux before 2.27 allows local users to cause a denial of service crash...

EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : util-linux (EulerOS-SA-2020-1620)

According to the version of the util-linux packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - runuser in util-linux allows local users to escape to the parent session via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, which pushes characters to the...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for util-linux (EulerOS-SA-2020-1620)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Important Photon OS Security Update - PHSA-2020-3.0-0086

Updates of 'git', 'util-linux' packages of Photon OS have been released...

Important Photon OS Security Update - PHSA-2020-0086

Updates of 'util-linux', 'git' packages of Photon OS have been released...

Critical Photon OS Security Update - PHSA-2020-0235

Updates of 'docker', 'unixODBC', 'openjdk11', 'util-linux', 'systemd', 'openjdk8', 'lz4' packages of Photon OS have been released...

Privilege Escalation

util-linux is vulnerable to privilege escalation. A local, unprivileged user allowed to mount or unmount file systems could use these flaws to corrupt the mtab file and create a stale lock file, preventing other users from mounting and unmounting file systems...