# CVE-2016-1585: AppArmor mount rules grant excessive permissions

- Severity: CVSS 3.9 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-04-22 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- apparmor: all versions

## Description

In all versions of AppArmor mount rules are accidentally widened when compiled.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://bugs.launchpad.net/apparmor/+bug/1597017
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E

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