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CVE-2010-3879 Detail

Description

FUSE, possibly 2.8.5 and earlier, allows local users to create mtab entries with arbitrary pathnames, and consequently unmount any filesystem, via a symlink attack on the parent directory of the mountpoint of a FUSE filesystem, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0789.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=602333 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053792.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2010-November/077247.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/8 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/05/2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://osvdb.org/70520 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42961 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42965 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.halfdog.net/Security/FuseTimerace/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:155 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44623 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1045-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1045-2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0181 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0302 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Permissions Required 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/670622 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651598 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Issue Tracking 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651183 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62986 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-3879
NVD Published Date:
01/22/2011
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.