SB2013100114 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in savannah.nongnu davfs2
Published: October 1, 2013 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013100114
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4362)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
WEB-DAV Linux File System (davfs2) 1.4.6 and 1.4.7 allow local users to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors in (1) kernel_interface.c and (2) mount_davfs.c, related to the "system" function.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.