Fedora: 2016-7b9a2fe987 moderate: ecryptfs-utils privilege escalation
fedora
February 17, 2016
- manpage ecryptfs-migrate-home.8: Fix typos - clang static analysis fixes - Refuse to mount over non-standard filesystems.
Summary
eCryptfs is a stacked cryptographic filesystem that ships in Linux
kernel versions 2.6.19 and above. This package provides the mount
helper and supporting libraries to perform key management and mount
functions.
Install ecryptfs-utils if you would like to mount eCryptfs.
Update Information:
- manpage ecryptfs-migrate-home.8: Fix typos - clang static analysis fixes - Refuse to mount over non-standard filesystems.
Topics Covered
Change Log
References
[ 1 ] Bug #1300595 - CVE-2016-1572 ecryptfs-utils: privilege escalation by mounting over /proc/$pid [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300595
[ 2 ] Bug #1301239 - ecryptfs-utils-109.orig is available
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1301239
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update ecryptfs-utils' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .
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Name: ecryptfs-utils
Product: Fedora 22
Version: 109
Release: 1.fc22
Summary: The eCryptfs mount helper and support libraries
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