DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3970

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3970
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3970.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3970
Upstream
Published
2008-09-11T01:13:47Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:22:59Z
Summary
[none]
Details

pam_mount 0.10 through 0.45, when luserconf is enabled, does not verify mountpoint and source ownership before mounting a user-defined volume, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via a local mount.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libpam-mount

Package

Name
libpam-mount
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libpam-mount?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.48-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / libpam-mount

Package

Name
libpam-mount
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libpam-mount?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.48-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / libpam-mount

Package

Name
libpam-mount
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libpam-mount?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.48-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / libpam-mount

Package

Name
libpam-mount
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libpam-mount?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.48-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}