CVE-2007-5191
Published: October 4, 2007Last modified: November 10, 2023
Description
mount and umount in util-linux and loop-aes-utils call the setuid and setgid functions in the wrong order and do not check the return values, which might allow attackers to gain privileges via helpers such as mount.nfs.
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | util-linux | Not affected (2.38.1-r3) |
| Stream | util-linux | Not affected (2.39.2-r0) |
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195390
- http://frontal2.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:198
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ebbeb2c7ac1b00b6083905957837a271e80b187e
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00008.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27104
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27122
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27145
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27188
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27283
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27354
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27399
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27687
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28348
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28349
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28368
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28469
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-18.xml
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-023.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1449
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1450
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0969.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485936/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486859/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25973
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018782
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-533-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0001.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3417
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0064
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=320041
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1757
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10101
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00144.html