| Name | CVE-2007-6285 |
| Description | The default configuration for autofs 5 (autofs5) in some Linux distributions, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5, does not specify the nodev mount option for the -hosts map, which allows local users to access "important devices" by operating a remote NFS server and creating special device files on that server, as demonstrated by the /dev/mem device. |
| Source | CVE (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 Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| autofs (PTS) | bullseye | 5.1.7-1+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 5.1.8-2+deb12u2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 5.1.9-1.2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| autofs | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
| autofs5 | source | (unstable) | 5.0.3-1 | | | |
Notes
- autofs <not-affected> (-hosts feature not present, auto.net has nosuid,nodev)
for autofs5 see 12disable_default_auto_master.dpatch