CVE-2011-1837

low
Published 2014-02-15 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
3.6

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 92-1
sid Fixed 92-1
forky Fixed 92-1
bullseye Fixed 92-1
bookworm Fixed 92-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ecryptfsecryptfs-utils{"endIncluding":"89"}
ecryptfsecryptfs-utils62
ecryptfsecryptfs-utils63
ecryptfsecryptfs-utils64
ecryptfsecryptfs-utils65
ecryptfsecryptfs-utils66
ecryptfsecryptfs-utils67
ecryptfsecryptfs-utils68
ecryptfsecryptfs-utils69
ecryptfsecryptfs-utils70
ecryptfsecryptfs-utils71
ecryptfsecryptfs-utils72
ecryptfsecryptfs-utils73
ecryptfsecryptfs-utils74
ecryptfsecryptfs-utils75
ecryptfsecryptfs-utils76
ecryptfsecryptfs-utils77
ecryptfsecryptfs-utils78
ecryptfsecryptfs-utils79
ecryptfsecryptfs-utils80
ecryptfsecryptfs-utils81
ecryptfsecryptfs-utils82
ecryptfsecryptfs-utils83
ecryptfsecryptfs-utils84
ecryptfsecryptfs-utils85
ecryptfsecryptfs-utils86
ecryptfsecryptfs-utils87
ecryptfsecryptfs_utils58
ecryptfsecryptfs_utils59
ecryptfsecryptfs_utils60
ecryptfsecryptfs_utils61

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.