CVE-2005-3531
fuse - potential data corruption when installed seduid root
EPSS 0.08%
Description
fusermount in FUSE before 2.4.1, if installed setuid root, allows local users to corrupt /etc/mtab and possibly modify mount options by performing a mount over a directory whose name contains certain special characters.
How to fix CVE-2005-3531
To remediate CVE-2005-3531, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/fuse—upgrade to 2.4.1-0.1 or later
- Debian/fuse—upgrade to 2.3.0-4.2etch1 or later
Is CVE-2005-3531 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.4.1-0.1
- from 0, < 2.3.0-4.2etch1