vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-5279-1 (CVE-2021-3996): util-linux vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Aug 23, 2022
Added
Mar 22, 2023
Modified
Jan 30, 2025

Description

A logic error was found in the libmount library of util-linux in the function that allows an unprivileged user to unmount a FUSE filesystem. This flaw allows a local user on a vulnerable system to unmount other users' filesystems that are either world-writable themselves (like /tmp) or mounted in a world-writable directory. An attacker may use this flaw to cause a denial of service to applications that use the affected filesystems.

Solution(s)

ubuntu-upgrade-mountubuntu-upgrade-util-linux
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