Potential privilege escalation by embedding shell commands in a mountpoint name

Brocade Fabric OS

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01 August 2023

01 August 2023

CLOSED

MEDIUM

7.8 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2018-7738

Brocade Security Advisory ID

BSA-2023-1809

Component

Linux

 

 

Summary

In util-linux before 2.32-rc1, bash-completion/umount allows local users to gain privileges by embedding shell commands in a mountpoint name, which is mishandled during a umount command (within Bash) by a different user, as demonstrated by logging in as root and entering umount followed by a tab character for autocompletion.

 

Products Affected

All versions of Brocade Fabric OS 

 

Products Confirmed Not Affected

Brocade SAnnav and Brocade ASCG are not affected by this vulnerability

 

Solution

Solution provided in Brocade Fabric OS v8.2.3d, v9.1.1c, v9.2.0 and later versions

 

 

Revision History

Version

Change

Date

1.0

Initial Publication

August 1, 2023

 

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