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pam_mount: arbitrary mounting of filesystems

Package(s):pam_mount CVE #(s):
Created:September 12, 2008 Updated:September 17, 2008
Description: From the Fedora advisory: A security flaw in the pam_mount's handling of user defined volumes using the 'luserconf' option has been fixed in this update. The vulnerability allowed users to arbitrarily mount filesystems at arbitrary locations.
Alerts:
Fedora FEDORA-2008-7976 2008-09-11
Fedora FEDORA-2008-7973 2008-09-11
Fedora FEDORA-2008-7976 2008-09-11
Fedora FEDORA-2008-7973 2008-09-11
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