USN-2617-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2617-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2617-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2617-1
Upstream
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Published
2015-05-21T16:02:59.874519Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:07Z
Summary
fuse vulnerability
Details

Tavis Ormandy discovered that FUSE incorrectly filtered environment variables. A local attacker could use this issue to gain administrative privileges.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / fuse

Package

Name
fuse
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/fuse@2.9.2-4ubuntu4.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.2-4ubuntu4.14.04.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.9.2-4ubuntu3
2.9.2-4ubuntu4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.9.2-4ubuntu4.14.04.1",
            "binary_name": "fuse"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.9.2-4ubuntu4.14.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libfuse-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.9.2-4ubuntu4.14.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libfuse2"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "high",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2015-3202"
        }
    ]
}