ubuntu-cve-2013-0157
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2014-01-21 18:55
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
Details

(a) mount and (b) umount in util-linux 2.14.1, 2.17.2, and probably other versions allow local users to determine the existence of restricted directories by (1) using the --guess-fstype command-line option or (2) attempting to mount a non-existent device, which generates different error messages depending on whether the directory exists.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "bsdutils",
            "binary_version": "1:2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.9"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libblkid1",
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.9"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libmount1",
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.9"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libuuid1",
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.9"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "mount",
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.9"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "util-linux",
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.9"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "util-linux-locales",
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.9"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "uuid-runtime",
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.9"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "util-linux",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/util-linux@2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.9?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu9",
        "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu10",
        "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu11",
        "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu12",
        "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu13",
        "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu14",
        "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu15",
        "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu16",
        "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu17",
        "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu18",
        "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu19",
        "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20",
        "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.1",
        "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.2",
        "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.3",
        "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4",
        "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.6",
        "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.7",
        "2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.9"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "(a) mount and (b) umount in util-linux 2.14.1, 2.17.2, and probably other versions allow local users to determine the existence of restricted directories by (1) using the --guess-fstype command-line option or (2) attempting to mount a non-existent device, which generates different error messages depending on whether the directory exists.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2013-0157",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:38Z",
  "published": "2014-01-21T18:55:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0157"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0157"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2013-0157"
  ]
}



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