CVE - CVE-2007-4135

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-4135	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The NFSv4 ID mapper (nfsidmap) before 0.17 does not properly handle return values from the getpwnam_r function when performing a username lookup, which can cause it to report a file as being owned by "root" instead of "nobody" if the file exists on the server but not on the client.
References
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MANDRIVA:MDKSA-2007:240 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:240 REDHAT:RHSA-2007:0951 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0951.html SUSE:SUSE-SR:2007:018 URL:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html BID:26767 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26767 OSVDB:45825 URL:http://osvdb.org/45825 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9864 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9864 SECUNIA:26674 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/26674 SECUNIA:27043 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/27043 XF:nfsv4-idmapper-uid-unspecified(36396) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36396
Assigning CNA
N/A
Date Entry Created
20070802	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20070802)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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