CVE-2011-3145

mount.ecrpytfs_private sets group owner of /etc/mtab to user's primary group

State
Published
Severity
3.8 Low
Published
Apr 22, 2019
Updated
Sep 16, 2024
Reserved
Aug 16, 2011

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Description

When mount.ecrpytfs_private before version 87-0ubuntu1.2 calls setreuid() it doesn't also set the effective group id. So when it creates the new version, mtab.tmp, it's created with the group id of the user running mount.ecryptfs_private.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.03.8 LowCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:Lmitre

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
n/an/a
  • n/aAffected

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