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CVE-2011-0543

Published: Sep 2, 2011Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-264
3.3LOW
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 74.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Certain legacy functionality in fusermount in fuse 2.8.5 and earlier, when util-linux does not support the --no-canonicalize option, allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and unmount arbitrary directories via a symlink attack.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:MAu:NC:NI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected Products

Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka red hat
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
fuse
oss-project
fuseLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
and 1 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1083.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://fuse.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=fuse/fuse%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cbd3a2a84068aae6e3fe32939d88470d712dbf47
fuse.git.sourceforge.net
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org
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