Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1077-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
It was discovered that FUSE would incorrectly follow symlinks when checking mountpoints under certain conditions. A local attacker, with access to use FUSE, could unmount arbitrary locations, leading to a denial of service.
Affected
fuse vulnerabilities on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 9.10 ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 10.10
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-3297, CVE-2011-0541, CVE-2011-0542, CVE-2011-0543 -
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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