CVE-2013-0157 (GCVE-0-2013-0157)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-01-21 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 14:18
VLAI
Summary
(a) mount and (b) umount in util-linux 2.14.1, 2.17.2, and probably other versions allow local users to determine the existence of restricted directories by (1) using the --guess-fstype command-line option or (2) attempting to mount a non-existent device, which generates different error messages depending on whether the directory exists.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://bugs.debian.org/697464 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://osvdb.org/88953 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0517.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=135749410312247&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=892330 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2013-01-05 00:00
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