CVE-2005-2876
loop-aes-utils - privilege escalation
EPSS 0.05%
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.
How to fix CVE-2005-2876
To remediate CVE-2005-2876, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/loop-aes-utils—upgrade to 2.12p-4sarge1 or later
- Debian/util-linux—upgrade to 2.12p-8 or later
- —upgrade to 2.11n-7woody1 or later
Is CVE-2005-2876 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.12p-4sarge1
- from 0, < 2.12p-8
- from 0, < 2.11n-7woody1