CVE-2009-2657

Publication date 4 August 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

nilfs-utils before 2.0.14 installs multiple programs with unnecessary setuid privileges, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via the device string in a -c command line option to mkfs.nilfs2.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
nilfs2-tools 11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic Ignored end of life
9.04 jaunty Ignored end of life
8.10 intrepid Ignored end of life, was needed
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

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