Executive Summary

Summary
Title umount vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-184-1 First vendor Publication 2005-09-19
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2005-09-19
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog)

The following packages are affected:

mount

The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 2.12-7ubuntu6.1 (for Ubuntu 4.10), or 2.12p-2ubuntu2.2 (for Ubuntu 5.04). In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow:

David Watson discovered that "umount -r" removed some restrictive mount options like the "nosuid" flag. If /etc/fstab contains user-mountable removable devices which specify the "nosuid" flag (which is common practice for such devices), a local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary programs with root privileges by calling "umount -r" on a removable device.

This does not affect the default Ubuntu configuration. Since Ubuntu mounts removable devices automatically, there is normally no need to configure them manually in /etc/fstab.

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-184-1

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10921
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10921
Title: umount in util-linux 2.8 to 2.12q, 2.13-pre1, and 2.13-pre2, and other packages such as loop-aes-utils, allows local users with unmount permissions to gain privileges via the -r (remount) option, which causes the file system to be remounted with just the read-only flag, which effectively clears the nosuid, nodev, and other flags.
Description: umount in util-linux 2.8 to 2.12q, 2.13-pre1, and 2.13-pre2, and other packages such as loop-aes-utils, allows local users with unmount permissions to gain privileges via the -r (remount) option, which causes the file system to be remounted with just the read-only flag, which effectively clears the nosuid, nodev, and other flags.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2005-2876
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 25

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for util-linux
File : nvt/sles9p5013637.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200509-15 (util-linux)
File : nvt/glsa_200509_15.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 823-1 (util-linux)
File : nvt/deb_823_1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 825-1 (loop-aes-utils)
File : nvt/deb_825_1.nasl
0000-00-00 Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2005-255-02 util-linux umount
File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2005_255_02.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
19369 util-linux umount -r Mount Option Removal Restriction Bypass

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2006-07-03 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2005-782.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-184-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-19 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-782.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-05 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-823.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-05 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-825.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-05 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200509-15.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-05 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-167.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-09-17 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2005-886.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-09-17 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2005-887.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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