--- title: "CVE-2010-2961\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2961?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2010-2961 Publication date 8 September 2010 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **High** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description mountall.c in mountall before 2.15.2 uses 0666 permissions for the root.rules file, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying this file. ### From the Ubuntu Security Team Alasdair MacGregor discovered that mountall created a udev rule file with world-writable permissions. A local attacker could exploit this under certain conditions to cause udev to execute arbitrary commands as the root user. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2961?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | mountall | 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 2.15.2 | | 9.10 karmic | Not affected | | 9.04 jaunty | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## Notes --- ### [kees](https://launchpad.net/~kees) luckily, udev doesn't use inotify on this directory at boot time, so udev needs to be reloaded before this is really ugly. ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2961) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2961) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-2961) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2961) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-985-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-985-1) + mountall vulnerability + 8 September 2010 ### Other references *