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CVE-2015-3202 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_...

LowCVSS 3.6 EPSS 1.0%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

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.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
debian/fuse(Debian:12) < 2.9.3-16 2.9.3-16
debian/fuse(Debian:13) < 2.9.3-16 2.9.3-16
debian/ntfs-3g(Debian:12) < 1:2014.2.15AR.3-3 1:2014.2.15AR.3-3
debian/ntfs-3g(Debian:13) < 1:2014.2.15AR.3-3 1:2014.2.15AR.3-3
debian/ntfs-3g(Debian:14) < 1:2014.2.15AR.3-3 1:2014.2.15AR.3-3
debian linux = 8.0 No fix listed
fuse project fuse <= 2.9.2 No fix listed

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