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Fedora 35: 2022-9d02441b24 Critical: Util-linux Libmount Issues

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Calendar Grey February 4, 2022
Dist Fedora Esm H88
A security patch for util-linux in Fedora 35 addresses major libmount vulnerabilities related to CVE-2021-3995 and CVE-2021-3996.
Security bugs in libmount, CVE-2021-3996 and CVE-2021-3995.

Summary

The util-linux package contains a large variety of low-level system

utilities that are necessary for a Linux system to function. Among

others, Util-linux contains the fdisk configuration tool and the login

program.

Security bugs in libmount, CVE-2021-3996 and CVE-2021-3995.

* Mon Jan 24 2022 Karel Zak - 2.37.3-1

* upgrade to v2.37.3

[ 1 ] Bug #2024628 - CVE-2021-3996 util-linux: Unauthorized unmount of filesystems in libmount

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2024628

[ 2 ] Bug #2024631 - CVE-2021-3995 util-linux: Unauthorized unmount of FUSE filesystems belonging to users with similar uid

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2024631

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2022-9d02441b24' at the command

line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Product: Fedora 35
Version: 2.37.3
Release: 1.fc35
Summary: Collection of basic system utilities

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