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CVE-2011-3145

Published: Apr 22, 2019 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
4.6 MODERATE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3145
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/254.html

When mount.ecrpytfs_private before version 87-0ubuntu1.2 calls setreuid() it doesnt also set the effective group id. So when it creates the new version, mtab.tmp, its created with the group id of the user running mount.ecryptfs_private.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Mount.ecrpytfs_privateMount.ecrpytfs_private_project- (including)- (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatecryptfs-utils-0:75-5.el5_7.2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatecryptfs-utils-0:82-6.el6_1.3*
Ecryptfs-utilsUbuntudevel*
Ecryptfs-utilsUbuntulucid*
Ecryptfs-utilsUbuntumaverick*
Ecryptfs-utilsUbuntunatty*

References

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