CVE-2011-1831
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.
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 4.6 Medium
- Status
- Modified - security@ubuntu.com
- Published
- 2014-02-15
- Last modified
- 2024-08-06
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Affected products
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00009.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1188-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=729465
- https://launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+download
