SUSE Security Update: Security update for ecryptfs-utils ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2011:0898-1 Rating: important References: #709771 Cross-References: CVE-2011-1831 CVE-2011-1832 CVE-2011-1833 CVE-2011-1834 CVE-2011-1835 CVE-2011-1836 CVE-2011-1837 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that fixes 7 vulnerabilities is now available.
Description:
This update of ecryptfs-utils fixes several security problems:
* CVE-2011-1831 - Race condition when checking mountpoint during mount. * CVE-2011-1832 - Race condition when checking mountpoint during unmount. * CVE-2011-1833 - Race condition when checking source during mount. * CVE-2011-1834 - Improper mtab handling allowing corruption due to resource limits, signals, etc.