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CVE-2011-1837 json

The lock-counter implementation in utils/mount.ecryptfs_private.c in ecryptfs-utils before 90 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary fil…

published 2014-02-15 12 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-1835

cvss
3.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The lock-counter implementation in utils/mount.ecryptfs_private.c in ecryptfs-utils before 90 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Patch / fix

  • ecryptfs-utils Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 92-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1837

  • ecryptfs-utils RHEL 5 75-5.el5_7.2
  • ecryptfs-utils RHEL 6 82-6.el6_1.3
  • ecryptfs-utils-gui RHEL 5 75-5.el5_7.2
  • ecryptfs-utils-python RHEL 6 82-6.el6_1.3

red hat advisories RHSA-2011:1241

  • ecryptfs-utils openSUSE Tumbleweed 108-2.5

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10118-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-1837 updated cvss 4.6

ecryptfs: multiple flaws to mount/umount arbitrary locations and possibly disclose confidential information

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) ecryptfs-utils 75-5.el5_7.2, ecryptfs-utils-gui 75-5.el5_7.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) ecryptfs-utils 75-5.el5_7.2, ecryptfs-utils-gui 75-5.el5_7.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) ecryptfs-utils 82-6.el6_1.3, ecryptfs-utils-python 82-6.el6_1.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) ecryptfs-utils 82-6.el6_1.3, ecryptfs-utils-python 82-6.el6_1.3 Red Hat RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) ecryptfs-utils 75-5.el5_7.2, ecryptfs-utils-gui 75-5.el5_7.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:1241

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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