FrSIRT - Fedora Security Update Fixes Util-Linux Privilege Escalation Issue / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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Fedora Security Update Fixes Util-Linux Privilege Escalation Issue

Title : Fedora Security Update Fixes Util-Linux Privilege Escalation Issue
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2005-1747
CVE ID : CVE-2005-2876
CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-09-15

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Technical Description

Fedora has released a security patch to correct a vulnerability identified in Util-Linux. 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. For additional information, see : FrSIRT/ADV-2005-1728

ChangeLog

2005-09-15 : Initial release

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