PT-2007-6894 · Linux+1 · Autofs+1

Josh Lange · Published 2007-12-12 · Updated 2017-09-29 · CVE-2007-5964

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions autofs 5

Description The default configuration of autofs 5 in some Linux distributions omits the nosuid option for the hosts (/net filesystem) map. This omission allows local users to gain privileges via a setuid program on a remote NFS server.

Recommendations For autofs 5, add the nosuid option to the hosts (/net filesystem) map to prevent local users from gaining privileges via a setuid program on a remote NFS server.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-16

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-5964

RHSA-2007:1128

RHSA-2007:1129

RHSA-2007_1128

RHSA-2007_1129

Affected Products

Red Hat

Autofs

References · 21

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410031 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28052 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1128.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5964 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-5964 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00474.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28097 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5964 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00549.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5964 · Security Note
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1129.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28456 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:009 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/26841 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:1129 · Note