CVE-2011-1831 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2011-1831 PUBLISHED CVSS 4.599999904632568 MEDIUM

utils/mount.ecryptfs_private.c in ecryptfs-utils before 90 does not properly check mountpoint permissions, which allows local users to effectively replace any directory with a new filesystem, and consequently gain privileges, via a mount system call.

EPSS 0.04% · 13.0th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS v2.0

4.599999904632568

EPSS Score

0.04%

13.0th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
ecryptfs	ecryptfs_utils	61, 58, 59
ecryptfs	ecryptfs-utils	64, 65, 66
n/a	n/a	n/a

Timeline

Feb 15, 2014 CVE Published
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References

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1188-1 url
SUSE-SU-2011:0898 vendor-advisory
https://launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+download url
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=729465 url
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1831 advisory

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