CVE-2014-8169

Name	CVE-2014-8169
Description	automount 5.0.8, when a program map uses certain interpreted languages, uses the calling user's USER and HOME environment variable values instead of the values for the user used to run the mapped program, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program in the user home directory.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	779591

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	5.1.9-1.2	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Debian Bugs
autofs	source	wheezy	(not affected)
autofs	source	(unstable)	5.0.8-2	779591
autofs5	source	(unstable)	(not affected)

[wheezy] - autofs <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 5.0.8)
- autofs5 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 5.0.8)