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Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2015 19:29:04 +0000
From: Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@...-netzwerkteam.de>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: CVE request: Caja / MATE Desktop Environment: caja automounts USB
flash drives and CD/DVD drives while session is locked
Application: Caja (file browser of the MATE desktop environment)
Upstream-Source: https://github.com/mate-desktop/caja
Vulnerability type: auto-run drive-by attack [1]
Description: caja automounts USB flash drives and CD/DVD drives while
session is locked
Abstract:
To avoid auto-run drive-by attacks by a physically proximate attacker on
the system from USB auto-mounting screen is locked, the desktop should
delay automounting until the screen is unlocked (to not interfere with
the case of sitting back down at your system, plugging in a device,
and then unlocking your screen).
Affected versions: all known versions
Upstream bug report: https://github.com/mate-desktop/caja/issues/398
To my knowledge, no CVE has been requested, so far.
The issue was first reported on Debian BTS:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=781608#5
Mike
[1] http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=10544
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