ecryptfs-utils: denial of service [LWN.net]

Package(s):

ecryptfs-utils

CVE #(s):

CVE-2011-3145

Created:

August 23, 2011

Updated:

January 19, 2012

Description:

From the Ubuntu advisory:

It was discovered that eCryptfs incorrectly handled permissions when modifying the mtab file. A local attacker could use this flaw to manipulate the mtab file, and possibly unmount arbitrary locations, leading to a denial of service.

Alerts:

CentOS	CESA-2011:1241	2011-09-22
Fedora	FEDORA-2011-11936	2011-09-02
Fedora	FEDORA-2011-11979	2011-09-02
Scientific Linux	SL-ecry-20110831	2011-08-31
Red Hat	RHSA-2011:1241-01	2011-08-31
Ubuntu	USN-1196-1	2011-08-23
Debian	DSA-2382-1	2012-01-07
openSUSE	openSUSE-SU-2012:0106-1	2012-01-19

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