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.

🔗 References (28)

• secalert@redhathttp://osvdb.org/40441
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/28052
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/28097
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/28456
• secalert@redhathttp://securitytracker.com/id?1019087
• secalert@redhathttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:009
• secalert@redhathttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1128.html
• secalert@redhathttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1129.html
• secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26841
• secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=409701
• secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410031
• secalert@redhathttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10158
• secalert@redhathttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00474.html
• secalert@redhathttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00549.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/40441