CVE-2005-3531

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-3531
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-11-23 00:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionfusermount in FUSE before 2.4.1, if installed setuid root, allows local users to corrupt /etc/mtab and possibly modify mount options by performing a mount over a directory whose name contains certain special characters.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Miklos Szeredi Fuse 2.2 All All All
Application Miklos Szeredi Fuse 2.2.1 All All All
Application Miklos Szeredi Fuse 2.3.0 All All All
Application Miklos Szeredi Fuse 2.3_rc1 All All All
Application Miklos Szeredi Fuse 2.4.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- FUSE: mtab corruption through fusermount af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
FUSE Mount Options Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
FUSE "fusermount" Mountpoint Handling Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA17695 - Gentoo update for fuse - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
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