CVE-2021-3493

The overlayfs implementation in the linux kernel did not properly validate with respect to user namespaces the setting of file capabilities on files in an underlying file system. Due to the combination of unprivileged user namespaces along with a patch carried in the Ubuntu kernel to allow...

CVE-2021-3493

The overlayfs implementation in the linux kernel did not properly validate with respect to user namespaces the setting of file capabilities on files in an underlying file system. Due to the combination of unprivileged user namespaces along with a patch carried in the Ubuntu kernel to allow...

CVE-2021-3493

Summary: CVE-2021-3493 is a Linux kernel overlayfs privilege-escalation issue where overlayfs does not properly validate file capabilities against user namespaces, enabling local privilege escalation on systems using unprivileged user namespaces with Ubuntu overlay patches. The vulnerability is r...

CVE-2021-3493

The overlayfs implementation in the linux kernel did not properly validate with respect to user namespaces the setting of file capabilities on files in an underlying file system. Due to the combination of unprivileged user namespaces along with a patch carried in the Ubuntu kernel to allow...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4917-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4917-1 advisory. It was discovered that the overlayfs implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the application of file system capabilities...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4916-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4916-1 advisory. It was discovered that the overlayfs implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the application of file system capabilities...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for firejail (openSUSE-SU-2021:0271-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Copyright C 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH 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-or-later This program is free software; you can...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4917-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 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...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-4915-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4915-1 advisory. It was discovered that the overlayfs implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the application of file system capabilities with respec...

USN-4917-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-gke-5.3, linux-gke-5.4, linux-gkeop, linux-gkeop-5.4, linux-hwe, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-hwe-5.8, linux-kvm, linux-oem-5.10, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4, linux-raspi2-5.3 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the overlayfs implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the application of file system capabilities with respect to user namespaces. A local attacker could use this to gain elevated privileges. CVE-2021-3493 Vincent Dehors discovered that the shiftfs file...

USN-4915-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the overlayfs implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the application of file system capabilities with respect to user namespaces. A local attacker could use this to gain elevated privileges. CVE-2021-3493 Vincent Dehors discovered that the shiftfs file...

CVE-2021-3493

The overlayfs implementation in the linux kernel did not properly validate with respect to user namespaces the setting of file capabilities on files in an underlying file system. Due to the combination of unprivileged user namespaces along with a patch carried in the Ubuntu kernel to allow...

CVE-2021-3493

The overlayfs implementation in the linux kernel did not properly validate with respect to user namespaces the setting of file capabilities on files in an underlying file system. Due to the combination of unprivileged user namespaces along with a patch carried in the Ubuntu kernel to allow...

EulerOS Virtualization 2.9.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-1751)

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.11.3. A kernel pointer leak can be used to determine the address of the...

EulerOS Virtualization 2.9.1 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-1715)

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.11.3. A kernel pointer leak can be used to determine the address of the...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-1751)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 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...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-1715)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 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...

PT-2021-4253

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux Kernel versions prior to the fixed version Description The overlayfs implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the setting of file capabilities on files in an underlying file system with respect to user namespaces. Thi...

2021 Ubuntu Overlayfs LPE

This module exploits a vulnerability in Ubuntu's implementation of overlayfs. The vulnerability is the result of failing to verify the ability of a user to set the attributes in a running executable. Specifically, when Overlayfs sends the set attributes data to the underlying file system via...

Updated firejail package fixes a security vulnerability

Roman Fiedler discovered a vulnerability in the OverlayFS code in firejail, which could result in root privilege escalation. This update disables OverlayFS support in firejail CVE-2021-26910...