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SUSE: CVE-2016-1572: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/22/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/02/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

mount.ecryptfs_private.c in eCryptfs-utils does not validate mount destination filesystem types, which allows local users to gain privileges by mounting over a nonstandard filesystem, as demonstrated by /proc/$pid.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-ecryptfs-utils
  • suse-upgrade-ecryptfs-utils-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-ecryptfs-utils-devel
  • suse-upgrade-ecryptfs-utils-x86
  • suse-upgrade-libecryptfs1

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:0241-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:0290-1
  • DLA-397-1
  • DSA-3450
  • 1034791
  • USN-2876-1
  • CVE-2016-1572
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