Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1196-1)

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[USN-1196-1] eCryptfs vulnerability

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1196-1 August 23, 2011 ecryptfs-utils vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivative...

USN-1196-1: eCryptfs vulnerability

It was discovered that eCryptfs incorrectly handled permissions when modifying the mtab file. A local attacker could use this flaw to manipulate the mtab file, and possibly unmount arbitrary locations, leading to a denial of service...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : ecryptfs-utils (SAT Patch Number 4956)

This update of ecryptfs-utils fixes several security problems : - Race condition when checking mountpoint during mount. CVE-2011-1831 - Race condition when checking mountpoint during unmount. CVE-2011-1832 - Race condition when checking source during mount. CVE-2011-1833 - Improper mtab handling...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 10.10 / 11.04 : ecryptfs-utils vulnerabilities (USN-1188-1)

Vasiliy Kulikov and Dan Rosenberg discovered that eCryptfs incorrectly validated permissions on the requested mountpoint. A local attacker could use this flaw to mount to arbitrary locations, leading to privilege escalation. CVE-2011-1831 Vasiliy Kulikov and Dan Rosenberg discovered that eCryptfs...

USN-1188-1: eCryptfs vulnerabilities

Vasiliy Kulikov and Dan Rosenberg discovered that eCryptfs incorrectly validated permissions on the requested mountpoint. A local attacker could use this flaw to mount to arbitrary locations, leading to privilege escalation. CVE-2011-1831 Vasiliy Kulikov and Dan Rosenberg discovered that eCryptfs...

CVE-2011-1834

utils/mount.ecryptfsprivate.c in ecryptfs-utils before 90 does not properly maintain the mtab file during error conditions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service table corruption or bypass intended unmounting restrictions via a umount system call...

fuse: unprivileged user can unmount arbitrary locations via symlink attack

fuse 2.8.5 and earlier does not properly handle when /etc/mtab cannot be updated, which allows local users to unmount arbitrary directories via a symlink attack...

VMware Open Virtual Machine Tools File Corruption Vulnerability

This host is installed with VMware Open Virtual Machine Tools and is prone to file corruption vulnerability. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbvmwareovmtoolsfilecorruptionvuln.nasl 7029 2017-08-31 11:51:40Z teissa $ VMware Open Virtual Machine Tools File Corruption Vulnerability Authors: Antu...

DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1677

mount in util-linux 2.19 and earlier does not remove the /etc/mtab lock file after a failed attempt to add a mount entry, which has unspecified impact and local attack vectors...

CVE-2011-1681

vmware-hgfsmounter in VMware Open Virtual Machine Tools aka open-vm-tools 8.4.2-261024 and earlier attempts to append to the /etc/mtab file without first checking whether resource limits would interfere, which allows local users to trigger corruption of this file via a process with a small...

CVE-2011-1681

vmware-hgfsmounter in VMware Open Virtual Machine Tools aka open-vm-tools 8.4.2-261024 and earlier attempts to append to the /etc/mtab file without first checking whether resource limits would interfere, which allows local users to trigger corruption of this file via a process with a small...

CVE-2011-1680

ncpmount in ncpfs 2.2.6 and earlier does not remove the /etc/mtab lock file after a failed attempt to add a mount entry, which has unspecified impact and local attack vectors...

CVE-2011-1678

smbfs in Samba 3.5.8 and earlier attempts to use 1 mount.cifs to append to the /etc/mtab file and 2 umount.cifs to append to the /etc/mtab.tmp file without first checking whether resource limits would interfere, which allows local users to trigger corruption of the /etc/mtab file via a process wi...

DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1681

vmware-hgfsmounter in VMware Open Virtual Machine Tools aka open-vm-tools 8.4.2-261024 and earlier attempts to append to the /etc/mtab file without first checking whether resource limits would interfere, which allows local users to trigger corruption of this file via a process with a small...

CVE-2011-1678

smbfs in Samba 3.5.8 and earlier attempts to use 1 mount.cifs to append to the /etc/mtab file and 2 umount.cifs to append to the /etc/mtab.tmp file without first checking whether resource limits would interfere, which allows local users to trigger corruption of the /etc/mtab file via a process wi...

CVE-2011-1675

mount in util-linux 2.19 and earlier attempts to append to the /etc/mtab.tmp file without first checking whether resource limits would interfere, which allows local users to trigger corruption of the /etc/mtab file via a process with a small RLIMITFSIZE value, a related issue to CVE-2011-1089...

CVE-2011-1089

The addmntent function in the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 2.13 and earlier does not report an error status for failed attempts to write to the /etc/mtab file, which makes it easier for local users to trigger corruption of this file, as demonstrated by writes from a process with a small...

CVE-2011-1676

mount in util-linux 2.19 and earlier does not remove the /etc/mtab.tmp file after a failed attempt to add a mount entry, which allows local users to trigger corruption of the /etc/mtab file via multiple invocations...

DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1089

The addmntent function in the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 2.13 and earlier does not report an error status for failed attempts to write to the /etc/mtab file, which makes it easier for local users to trigger corruption of this file, as demonstrated by writes from a process with a small...