fusermount in fuse 2.8.5 and earlier does not perform a chdir to / before performing a mount or umount, which allows local users to unmount arbitrary directories via unspecified vectors.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-0560 fusermount in fuse 2.8.5 and earlier does not perform a chdir to / before performing a mount or umount, which allows local users to unmount arbitrary directories via unspecified vectors.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1077-1 FUSE vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:58:25.873Z

Reserved: 2011-01-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-0542

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-09-02T23:55:02.273

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-0542

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2010-11-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-0542 - Bugzilla

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