CVE-2013-0157

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-01-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

(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.

Affected products

util-linux: 2.14.1, 2.17.2

References

http://bugs.debian.org/697464
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=135749410312247&w=2
http://osvdb.org/88953
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0517.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:154
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=892330
http://bugs.debian.org/697464
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=135749410312247&w=2
http://osvdb.org/88953
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0517.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:154
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=892330

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