Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS / 10.10 : fuse vulnerabilities (USN-1077-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 52479

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that FUSE would incorrectly follow symlinks when checking mountpoints under certain conditions. A local attacker, with access to use FUSE, could unmount arbitrary locations, leading to a denial of service.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1077-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 52479

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1077-1.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/1/2011

Updated: 9/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:fuse-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:fuse-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfuse-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfuse2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0789, CVE-2011-0541, CVE-2011-0542, CVE-2011-0543

BID: 37983, 46103

CWE: 59

USN: 1077-1