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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2005-3531

fusermount in FUSE before 2.4.1, if installed setuid root, allows local users to corrupt /etc/mtab and possibly modify mount options by performing a mount over a directory whose name contains certain special characters.

Products
fuse
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2.4.1-0.1
CVEs
CVE-2005-3531
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 20:47 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2005-3531

core-osv · Original source

Published 23 Nov 2005, 00:03 UTC

fusermount in FUSE before 2.4.1, if installed setuid root, allows local users to corrupt /etc/mtab and possibly modify mount options by performing a mount over a directory whose name contains certain special characters.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2005-3531

fuse

Fixed versions: 2.4.1-0.1

fuse

Fixed versions: 2.4.1-0.1

Complete source record
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  "id": "cf72ae618573d8fc0181996c3108164a01f0b3d7c575f5ea5a60cf51d88b097e",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-3531",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2005-3531",
    "summary": "fusermount in FUSE before 2.4.1, if installed setuid root, allows local users to corrupt /etc/mtab and possibly modify mount options by performing a mount over a directory whose name contains certain special characters.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2005-3531",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "fuse",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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          {
            "value": "2.4.1-0.1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
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      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "fuse",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
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            "value": "2.4.1-0.1",
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          }
        ],
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    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
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      ],
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                },
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                }
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            }
          ],
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            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/fuse?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
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          },
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            "urgency": "low"
          }
        },
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T03:47:40.811166988Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2005-3531"
      ],
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        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-3531"
      ]
    },
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      {
        "value": "CVE-2005-3531",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 412117,
  "published_at": "2005-11-23T00:03:00+00:00"
}