CVE-2010-3879
N/A
Published: January 22, 2011 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:23 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibfuse
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 10%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 2.8.5
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=602333
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053792.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
- http://www.halfdog.net/Security/FuseTimerace/
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:155
References (20)
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=602333Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053792.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2010-November/077247.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/8Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/05/2Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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