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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 / 9.10 : fuse vulnerability (USN-892-1)
low Nessus Plugin ID 44335
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
Dan Rosenberg discovered that FUSE did not correctly check mount locations. A local attacker, with access to use FUSE, could unmount arbitrary locations, leading to a denial of service.Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 44335
File Name: ubuntu_USN-892-1.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 1/29/2010
Updated: 9/19/2019
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:fuse-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:fuse-utils, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfuse2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfuse-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Patch Publication Date: 1/28/2010
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-0789