ncpfs 2.2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, or possibly gain privileges via symlink attacks involving the (1) ncpmount and (2) ncpumount programs.

This update fixes three security issues in ncpfs :

  - Fixed a information leakage on mount. (CVE-2010-0790 /     bnc#583536)

  - Fixed a mtab locking problem. (CVE-2010-0791 /     bnc#583536)

  - Fixed a race condition in ncpfs mounts (CVE-2010-0788 /     bnc#550004)

This update fixes three security issues in ncpfs :

Fixed a information leakage on mount (CVE-2010-0790 / bnc#583536) Fixed a mtab locking problem (CVE-2010-0791 / bnc#583536) Fixed a race condition in ncpfs mounts. (CVE-2010-0788 / bnc#550004)

The updated package fixes race condition by ncpfsmount/ncpfsumount operations.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update fixes three security issues in ncpfs :

Fixed a information leakage on mount (CVE-2010-0790 / bnc#583536) Fixed a mtab locking problem (CVE-2010-0791 / bnc#583536) Fixed a race condition in ncpfs mounts (CVE-2010-0788 / bnc#550004)

A vulnerability has been found in ncpfs which can be exploited by local users to disclose potentially sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and potentially gain escalated privileges (CVE-2010-0788).

Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0 customers.

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
50953	SuSE 11 / 11.1 Security Update : ncpfs (SAT Patch Numbers 2396 / 2456)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
49904	SuSE 10 Security Update : ncpfs (ZYPP Patch Number 7023)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
47237	Fedora 11 : ncpfs-2.2.6-12.fc11 (2010-1168)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
47234	Fedora 12 : ncpfs-2.2.6-13.fc12 (2010-1145)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
46671	openSUSE Security Update : ncpfs (openSUSE-SU-2010:0264-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
46670	openSUSE Security Update : ncpfs (openSUSE-SU-2010:0264-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
46669	openSUSE Security Update : ncpfs (openSUSE-SU-2010:0264-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
44869	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ncpfs (MDVSA-2010:046)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	medium

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2010-0788

high

Tenable Plugins

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