CVE-2007-5964

Publication date 13 December 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
autofs 7.10 gutsy
Not affected
7.04 feisty
Not affected
6.10 edgy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected

Notes

jdstrand

Ubuntu ships autofs 4, and /etc/auto.net contains the nosuid option