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>> Gentoo Security Update Fixes FUSE Local File Corruption Vulnerability
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Title : Gentoo Security Update Fixes FUSE Local File Corruption Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-2530
CVE ID : CVE-2005-3531
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-11-22
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Gentoo has released updated packages to correct a vulnerability identified in FUSE. This flaw is due to an error in "fusermount" that does not properly handle specially crafted directory names, which could be exploited by local attackers to corrupt the contents of the "/etc/mtab" file by mounting a malicious directory using fusermount. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2005-2529
Affected Products
sys-fs/fuse versions prior to 2.4.1-r1
Solution
Upgrade the affected package :
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose " >=sys-fs/fuse-2.4.1-r1"
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2530
http://www.frsirt.com/english/reference/1162
ChangeLog
2005-11-22 : Initial release
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