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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2013-4362: DavFS2: Local privilege escalation

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2013-4362: DavFS2: Local privilege escalation

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/30/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

WEB-DAV Linux File System (davfs2) 1.4.6 and 1.4.7 allow local users to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors in (1) kernel_interface.c and (2) mount_davfs.c, related to the "system" function.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-fs-davfs2

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