CVE-2010-3879

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.

• CWE-59

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

Published

Jan 22, 2011

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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