CVE-2010-3879

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-3879
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-01-22 22:00:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionFUSE, possibly 2.8.5 and earlier, allows local users to create mtab entries with arbitrary pathnames, and consequently unmount any filesystem, via a symlink attack on the parent directory of the mountpoint of a FUSE filesystem, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0789.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libfuse Project Libfuse All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE request: fuse af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
FUSE fusermount Tool Race Condition Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
#602333 - /usr/bin/fusermount: fusermount allows unmount any filesystem - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: util-linux-ng-2.18-4.8.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Unmount Any Filesystem Using fusermount af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.halfdog.net Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-1045-2: util-linux update | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
FUSE "fusermount" Arbitrary Unmount Security Issue - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2011:005 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE request: fuse af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
Ubuntu update for fuse - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
USN-1045-1: FUSE vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Bug 651183 – CVE-2010-3879 CVE-2011-0541 CVE-2011-0542 CVE-2011-0543 fuse: unprivileged user can unmount arbitrary locations via symlink attack af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:155 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
[Full-Disclosure] Mailing List Charter af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Bug #670622 “fusermount allows unmount any filesystem” : Bugs : “fuse” package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Access Denied af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.novell.com Exploit, Issue Tracking
osvdb.org/70520 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org Broken Link
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900198 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for fuse 2.9.7

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