A vulnerability has been identified in Util-Linux, which could be exploited by local attackers to obtain elevated privileges. This flaw is due to a design error in the "-r" option that improperly clears mounted-filesystem options, which could be exploited by malicious users to cause the nosuid, noexec, and nodev flags to be cleared, allowing them to gain root privileges.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by David Watson
ChangeLog
2005-09-13 : Initial release
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