kernel: xfs: _xfs_buf_find oops on blocks beyond the filesystem end

The xfsbuffind function in fs/xfs/xfsbuf.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.6 does not validate block numbers, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the ability to mount an XFS filesyst...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-ec2 vulnerabilities (USN-1776-1)

A flaw was reported in the permission checks done by the Linux kernel for /dev/cpu//msr. A local root user with all capabilities dropped could exploit this flaw to execute code with full root capabilities. CVE-2013-0268 A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernels handling of memory ranges with...

DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1819

The xfsbuffind function in fs/xfs/xfsbuf.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.6 does not validate block numbers, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the ability to mount an XFS filesyst...

RHEL 5 : ecryptfs-utils (RHSA-2009:1307)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2009:1307 advisory. eCryptfs is a stacked, cryptographic file system. It is transparent to the underlying file system and provides per-file granularity. eCryptfs is...

Scientific Linux Security Update : gfs2-utils on SL5.x i386/x86_64

Multiple insecure temporary file use flaws were discovered in GFS2 user level utilities. A local attacker could use these flaws to overwrite an arbitrary file writable by a victim running those utilities typically root with the output of the utilities via a symbolic link attack. CVE-2008-6552 Thi...

SuSE 11.2 Security Update : cifs-utils (SAT Patch Number 6196)

The following issue has been fixed : - Don't allow unprivileged users to mount onto dirs to which they can't chdir. CVE-2012-1586 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from SuSE 11 update information. The text...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-ec2 vulnerabilities (USN-1388-1)

Paolo Bonzini discovered a flaw in Linux's handling of the SGIO ioctl command. A local user, or user in a VM could exploit this flaw to bypass restrictions and gain read/write access to all data on the affected block device. CVE-2011-4127 A flaw was found in KVM's Programmable Interval Timer PIT...

nfs-utils: Improper authentication of an incoming request when an IP based authentication used

The hostreliableaddrinfo function in support/export/hostname.c in nfs-utils before 1.2.4 does not properly use DNS to verify access to NFS exports, which allows remote attackers to mount filesystems by establishing crafted DNS A and PTR records...

UBUNTU-CVE-2011-2203

The hfsfindinit function in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and Oops by mounting an HFS file system with a malformed MDB extent record...

kernel: hfs_find_init() sb->ext_tree NULL pointer dereference

The hfsfindinit function in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and Oops by mounting an HFS file system with a malformed MDB extent record...

Calibre E-Book Reader - Local Privilege Escalation (3)

/ .80 Calibrer Assault Mount by zx2c4 Yesterday's assult mount used inotify to mount into /etc/pam.d. Today we expand the attack by adding a race toggler so we can mount from non-block devices. Enjoy. - zx2c4 2011-11-4 greets to djrbliss / include include include include include int mainint argc,...

Calibre E-Book Reader - Local Privilege Escalation (3)

Calibre E-Book Reader - Local Privilege Escalation 3 / .80 Calibrer Assault Mount by zx2c4 Yesterday's assult mount used inotify to mount into /etc/pam.d. Today we expand the attack by adding a race toggler so we can mount from non-block devices. Enjoy. - zx2c4 2011-11-4 greets to djrbliss /...

Calibre E-Book Reader - Race Condition Privilege Escalation

Calibre E-Book Reader - Race Condition Privilege Escalation !/bin/sh .70-Calibrer Assault Mount by Dan Rosenberg @djrbliss and zx2c4 Yesterday we learned how Calibre's ability to mount anything anywhere resulted in a local root. Today's exploit shows a race condition to subvert recent changes...

Samba 'mtab' Lock File Handling Local DoS Vulnerability

Samba is prone to a local denial of service DoS vulnerability that affects the mounting utilities SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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-on...

kernel: cifs session reuse

The cifsfindsmbses function in fs/cifs/connect.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not properly determine the associations between users and sessions, which allows local users to bypass CIFS share authentication by leveraging a mount of a share by a different user...

ecryptfs: multiple flaws to mount/umount arbitrary locations and possibly disclose confidential information

utils/mount.ecryptfsprivate.c in ecryptfs-utils before 90 does not properly check mountpoint permissions, which allows local users to remove directories via a umount system call...

RHEL 6 : fuse (RHSA-2011:1083)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:1083 advisory. FUSE Filesystem in Userspace can implement a fully functional file system in a user-space program. These packages provide the mount utility,...

Veeam vPower NFS Service fails to start

Challenge This article documents troubleshooting steps to be taken if the Veeam vPower NFS Service fails to start. Solution Check Port Usage Check if another process is locking one of ports used by the Veeam vPower NFS Service: 1. Open an Administrative PowerShell Prompt 2. Run the following...

DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1787

Race condition in mount.vmhgfs in the VMware Host Guest File System HGFS in VMware Workstation 7.1.x before 7.1.4, VMware Player 3.1.x before 3.1.4, VMware Fusion 3.1.x before 3.1.3, VMware ESXi 3.5 through 4.1, and VMware ESX 3.0.3 through 4.1 allows guest OS users to gain privileges on the gues...

CVE-2010-4295

Race condition in the mounting process in vmware-mount in VMware Workstation 7.x before 7.1.2 build 301548 on Linux, VMware Player 3.1.x before 3.1.2 build 301548 on Linux, VMware Server 2.0.2 on Linux, and VMware Fusion 3.1.x before 3.1.2 build 332101 allows host OS users to gain privileges via...