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MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigC02B6D46437D53E8FE00CC7C" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Thierry Carrez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: gentoo-announce@lists.gentoo.org Cc: bugtraq@securityfocus.com, full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ GLSA 200511-17 ] FUSE: mtab corruption through fusermount Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:45:59 +0100 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigC02B6D46437D53E8FE00CC7C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200511-17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: FUSE: mtab corruption through fusermount Date: November 22, 2005 Bugs: #112902 ID: 200511-17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== The fusermount utility from FUSE can be abused to corrupt the /etc/mtab file contents, potentially allowing a local attacker to set unauthorized mount options. Background ========== FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) allows implementation of a fully functional filesystem in a userspace program. The fusermount utility is used to mount/unmount FUSE file systems. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sys-fs/fuse < 2.4.1-r1 >= 2.4.1-r1 Description =========== Thomas Biege discovered that fusermount fails to securely handle special characters specified in mount points. Impact ====== A local attacker could corrupt the contents of the /etc/mtab file by mounting over a maliciously-named directory using fusermount, potentially allowing the attacker to set unauthorized mount options. This is possible only if fusermount is installed setuid root, which is the default in Gentoo. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All FUSE users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-fs/fuse-2.4.1-r1" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2005-3531 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3531 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200511-17.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 --------------enigC02B6D46437D53E8FE00CC7C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDg0tMvcL1obalX08RAp/KAJ4/fUNy0pVHBGUo82TZJTXY8jnJFQCdEuqY amJe9oZ/AORK4AMg5XX+jo4= =AW3t -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigC02B6D46437D53E8FE00CC7C-- ------------------------------ End of this Digest ****************** -- Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F It is the mind that moves _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/