CVE - CVE-2007-5964

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-5964	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410031 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=409701 FEDORA:FEDORA-2007-4469 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00474.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2007-4532 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00549.html MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2008:009 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:009 REDHAT:RHSA-2007:1128 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1128.html REDHAT:RHSA-2007:1129 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1129.html BID:26841 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26841 OSVDB:40441 URL:http://osvdb.org/40441 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10158 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10158 SECTRACK:1019087 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1019087 SECUNIA:28052 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/28052 SECUNIA:28097 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/28097 SECUNIA:28456 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/28456
Assigning CNA
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Date Entry Created
20071114	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 (20071114)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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