=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2411-1
November 18, 2014
mountall vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.10
Summary:
mountall could mount certain filesystems with the wrong permissions.
Software Description:
- mountall: filesystem mounting tool
Details:
Saurav Sengupta discovered that mountall incorrectly handled umask when
calling the mount utility, resulting in certain filesystems possibly being
mounted with incorrect permissions.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.10:
mountall 2.54ubuntu0.14.10.1
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2411-1
CVE-2014-1421
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mountall/2.54ubuntu0.14.10.1