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Util-Linux UMount Remounting Filesystem Privilege Escalation Issue

Title : Util-Linux UMount Remounting Filesystem Privilege Escalation Issue
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2005-1728
CVE ID : CVE-2005-2876
CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-09-13

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Util-Linux, which could be exploited by local attackers to obtain elevated privileges [...]

Affected Products

Util-Linux version 2.8 through 2.12q
Util-Linux version 2.13-pre1
Util-Linux version 2.13-pre2

Credits

Vulnerability reported by David Watson

ChangeLog

2005-09-13 : Initial release

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