SUSE-SU-2022:3154-1 Security update for udisks2

This update for udisks2 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-3802: Fixed insecure defaults in user-accessible mount helpers bsc1190606. - Fixed vulnerability that allowed mounting ext4 devices over existing entries in fstab bsc1098797...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

udisks2 is vulnerable to denial of service. The vulnerability exists because some user-accessible mount helpers use insecure defaults which allows an attacker to send a crafted image causing an application crash...

Ubuntu Update for glibc, eglibc vulnerabilities USN-944-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-944-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN9441.nasl 7965 2017-12-01 07:38:25Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for glibc, eglibc vulnerabilities USN-944-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

util-linux (u)mount doesn't drop privileges properly when calling helpers

mount and umount in util-linux and loop-aes-utils call the setuid and setgid functions in the wrong order and do not check the return values, which might allow attackers to gain privileges via helpers such as mount.nfs...

GLSA-200710-18 : util-linux: Local privilege escalation

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200710-18 util-linux: Local privilege escalation Ludwig Nussel discovered that the checkspecialmountprog and checkspecialumountprog functions call setuid and setgid in the wrong order and do not check the return values, which can...

util-linux: Local privilege escalation

Background util-linux is a suite of Linux programs including mount and umount, programs used to mount and unmount filesystems. Description Ludwig Nussel discovered that the checkspecialmountprog and checkspecialumountprog functions call setuid and setgid in the wrong order and do not check the...