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Gentoo: GLSA 200511-17 Normal: FUSE mtab Corruption Attack

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Calendar Grey November 22, 2005
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The fusermount utility from FUSE can be abused to corrupt the /etc/mtab file contents, potentially allowing a local attacker to set unauthorized mount options

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200511-17 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: FUSE: mtab corruption through fusermount Date: November 22, 2005 Bugs: #112902 ID: 200511-17

Synopsis ======= The fusermount utility from FUSE can be abused to corrupt the /etc/mtab file contents, potentially allowing a local attacker to set unauthorized mount options.
Background ========= FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) allows implementation of a fully functional filesystem in a userspace program. The fusermount utility is used to mount/unmount FUSE file systems.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sys-fs/fuse < 2.4.1-r1 >= 2.4.1-r1
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