CVE-2007-5964

NameCVE-2007-5964
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
autofs (PTS)buster5.1.2-4fixed
bullseye5.1.7-1+deb11u2fixed
bookworm5.1.8-2+deb12u2fixed
trixie5.1.9-1fixed
sid5.1.9-1.1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
autofssource(unstable)3.1.4-8medium
autofs5source(unstable)5.0.3-1

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