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    CVE-2010-3879

    FUSE, 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.

    Published:Nov 2, 2010
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Jan 22, 2011
    EPSS Score:0.02202
    CVSS Score:5.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Libfuse Project
    Product
    Libfuse
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=602333http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2010-November/077247.htmlhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/8http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/05/2http://www.halfdog.net/Security/FuseTimerace/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44623https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/670622https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651598https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651183http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=602333http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2010-November/077247.htmlhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/8http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/05/2http://www.halfdog.net/Security/FuseTimerace/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44623https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/670622https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651598https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651183https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34953

    References

    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=602333
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053792.html
    http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2010-November/077247.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/8
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/05/2
    http://osvdb.org/70520
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42961
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42965
    http://www.halfdog.net/Security/FuseTimerace/
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:155
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44623
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1045-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1045-2
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0181
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0302
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/670622
    https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651598
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651183
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62986
    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=602333
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053792.html
    http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2010-November/077247.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/8
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/05/2
    http://osvdb.org/70520
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42961
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42965
    http://www.halfdog.net/Security/FuseTimerace/
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:155
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44623
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1045-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1045-2
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0181
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0302
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/670622
    https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651598
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651183
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62986

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High