Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 2, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-3202
CVE-2015-3202
Description
fusermount in FUSE before 2.9.3-15 does not properly clear the environment before invoking (1) mount or (2) umount as root, which allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a crafted LIBMOUNT_MTAB environment variable that is used by mount's debugging feature.
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Affected products
8- osv-coords5 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/fuse&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/fuse&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012pkg:rpm/suse/fuse&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012pkg:rpm/suse/fuse&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/fuse&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012
< 2.9.5-1.6+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.5-1.6
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.3-5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.3-5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.3-5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.3-5.1
Patches
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References
22- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/21/9nvdExploit
- gist.github.com/taviso/ecb70eb12d461dd85cbanvdExploit
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/159298.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/159543.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/159683.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/159831.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160094.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160106.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00005.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00007.htmlnvd
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/132021/Fuse-Local-Privilege-Escalation.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3266nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3268nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/74765nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1032386nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2617-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2617-2nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2617-3nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-04nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-19nvd
- twitter.com/taviso/status/601370527437967360nvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37089/nvd
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