Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 4, 2019· Updated Sep 16, 2024
CVE-2019-3461
CVE-2019-3461
Description
Debian tmpreaper version 1.6.13+nmu1 has a race condition when doing a (bind) mount via rename() which could result in local privilege escalation. Mounting via rename() could potentially lead to a file being placed elsewhereon the filesystem hierarchy (e.g. /etc/cron.d/) if the directory being cleaned up was on the same physical filesystem. Fixed versions include 1.6.13+nmu1+deb9u1 and 1.6.14.
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References
4- lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2019/msg00003.htmlmitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- usn.ubuntu.com/4077-1/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgimitrex_refsource_MISC
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00017.htmlmitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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