CVE-2007-5964

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.9
Exploit probability—
ProductRedhat Enterprise Linux
PublishedDec 13, 2007
First seenDec 13, 2007

How to fix

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
redhat enterprise_linux5.0—

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