SB2015052207 - Fedora 22 update for fuse
Published: May 22, 2015 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015052207
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
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-2015-3202)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate or delete data.
fusermount in FUSE before 2.9.3-15 does not properly clear the environment before invoking (1) mount or (2) umount as root, which allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a crafted LIBMOUNT_MTAB environment variable that is used by mount's debugging feature.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.