CVE-2005-2876

Summary

CVECVE-2005-2876
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-09-13 23:03:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-19 15:34:00 UTC
Descriptionumount in util-linux 2.8 to 2.12q, 2.13-pre1, and 2.13-pre2, and other packages such as loop-aes-utils, allows local users with unmount permissions to gain privileges via the -r (remount) option, which causes the file system to be remounted with just the read-only flag, which effectively clears the nosuid, nodev, and other flags.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.10f All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.10m All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.10p All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.11f All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.11n All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.11q All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.11r All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.11w All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.11x All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.11y All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.11z All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.12a All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.12b All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.12i All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.12j All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.12k All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.12o All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.12p All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.12q All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.13_pre1 All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.13_pre2 All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.8.1_alpha All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.8_12 All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.9i All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.9w All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.10f All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.10m All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.10p All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.11f All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.11n All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.11q All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.11r All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.11w All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.11x All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.11y All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.11z All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.12a All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.12b All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.12i All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.12j All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.12k All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.12o All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.12p All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.12q All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.13_pre1 All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.13_pre2 All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.8.1_alpha All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.8_12 All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.9i All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.9w All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
'util-linux: unintentional grant of privileges by umount' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
Debian update for util-linux - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
#101960: Security Vulnerability Involving the umount(8) Utility SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
1. Overview: MISC support.avaya.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-823-1 util-linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
19369 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
Util-Linux UMount Remounting Filesystem Option Clearing Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-825-1 loop-aes-utils DEBIAN www.debian.org
'TSLSA-2005-0049 - multi' - MARC TRUSTIX marc.info
Secunia - Advisories - Sun Java Desktop System umount "-r" Re-Mounting Security Issue SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for util-linux/mount SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - util-linux umount "-r" Re-Mounting Security Issue SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Avaya Products util-linux / mount Security Issue and Vulnerability SECUNIA secunia.com
usn/usn-184-1 - Ubuntu Linux UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for loop-aes-utils SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages SECUNIA secunia.com
SecurityFocus FEDORA www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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