fusermount in FUSE before 2.9.3-15 does not properly clear the environment before invoking (1) mount or (2) umount as root, which allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a crafted LIBMOUNT_MTAB environment variable that is used by mount's debugging feature.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-226-1 ntfs-3g security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-226-2 ntfs-3g regression update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-238-1 fuse security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3266-1 fuse security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3268-1 ntfs-3g security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3268-2 ntfs-3g security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-3268 fusermount in FUSE before 2.9.3-15 does not properly clear the environment before invoking (1) mount or (2) umount as root, which allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a crafted LIBMOUNT_MTAB environment variable that is used by mount's debugging feature.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2617-1 FUSE vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2617-2 NTFS-3G vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2617-3 NTFS-3G vulnerability
Fixes

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History

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{'score': 0.00202}

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{'score': 0.00305}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:39:31.900Z

Reserved: 2015-04-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-3202

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-07-02T21:59:03.143

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-3202

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2015-05-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-3202 - Bugzilla

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