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CVE-2011-0542

Published: Sep 02, 2011 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
3.3 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
2.6 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0542
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

fusermount in fuse 2.8.5 and earlier does not perform a chdir to / before performing a mount or umount, which allows local users to unmount arbitrary directories via unspecified vectors.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FuseFuse*2.8.5 (including)
FuseFuse1.9 (including)1.9 (including)
FuseFuse2.0-pre0 (including)2.0-pre0 (including)
FuseFuse2.0-pre1 (including)2.0-pre1 (including)
FuseFuse2.1 (including)2.1 (including)
FuseFuse2.2 (including)2.2 (including)
FuseFuse2.2.1 (including)2.2.1 (including)
FuseFuse2.3-pre (including)2.3-pre (including)
FuseFuse2.3-rc1 (including)2.3-rc1 (including)
FuseFuse2.3.0 (including)2.3.0 (including)
FuseFuse2.4.0 (including)2.4.0 (including)
FuseFuse2.4.1 (including)2.4.1 (including)
FuseFuse2.4.2 (including)2.4.2 (including)
FuseFuse2.5.0 (including)2.5.0 (including)
FuseFuse2.5.1 (including)2.5.1 (including)
FuseFuse2.5.2 (including)2.5.2 (including)
FuseFuse2.5.3 (including)2.5.3 (including)
FuseFuse2.6.0 (including)2.6.0 (including)
FuseFuse2.6.1 (including)2.6.1 (including)
FuseFuse2.6.3 (including)2.6.3 (including)
FuseFuse2.6.5 (including)2.6.5 (including)
FuseFuse2.7.0 (including)2.7.0 (including)
FuseFuse2.7.1 (including)2.7.1 (including)
FuseFuse2.7.2 (including)2.7.2 (including)
FuseFuse2.7.3 (including)2.7.3 (including)
FuseFuse2.7.4 (including)2.7.4 (including)
FuseFuse2.7.5 (including)2.7.5 (including)
FuseFuse2.7.6 (including)2.7.6 (including)
FuseFuse2.8.0 (including)2.8.0 (including)
FuseFuse2.8.1 (including)2.8.1 (including)
FuseFuse2.8.2 (including)2.8.2 (including)
FuseFuse2.8.3 (including)2.8.3 (including)
FuseFuse2.8.4 (including)2.8.4 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatfuse-0:2.8.3-3.el6_1*
FuseUbuntudapper*
FuseUbuntudevel*
FuseUbuntuhardy*
FuseUbuntukarmic*
FuseUbuntulucid*
FuseUbuntumaverick*

References

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