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CVE-2007-5964

The default configuration of autofs 5 in some Linux distributions, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, omits the nosuid option for the hosts (/net filesystem) map, which allows local users to gain privileges via a setuid program on a remote NFS server.

Published

2007-12-13T18:46:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-16

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	5.0	Yes

References

http://osvdb.org/40441 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28052 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28097 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28456 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019087 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:009 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1128.html ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1129.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26841 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=409701 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410031 Exploit ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10158 ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00474.html ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00549.html ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/40441 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28052 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28097 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28456 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019087 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:009 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1128.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1129.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26841 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=409701 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410031 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10158 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00474.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00549.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)