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title: "CVE-2011-1832\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-1832

Publication date 9 August 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

utils/mount.ecryptfs\_private.c in ecryptfs-utils before 90 does not
properly check mountpoint permissions, which allows local users to remove
directories via a umount system call.

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ecryptfs-utils | 11.04 natty | Fixed 87-0ubuntu1.1 |
| 10.10 maverick | Fixed 83-0ubuntu3.2.10.10.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 83-0ubuntu3.2.10.04.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1832)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1832)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-1832)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1832)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1188-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1188-1)
+ eCryptfs vulnerabilities
+ 9 August 2011

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1832>
