CVE-2007-5964

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2007-12-12
Bugzilla:
410031: CVE-2007-5964 autofs defaults don't restrict suid in /net

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2007-5964 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (autofs) RHSA-2007:1128 2007-12-12
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (autofs5) RHSA-2007:1129 2007-12-12

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Josh Lange for reporting this issue.

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