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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2007-5191

CVE-2007-5191

UNKNOWN

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

Published Oct 4, 2007

Modified 1 years ago

Details

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.

References(35)

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

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v2.0

7.2

Exploitability

Access Vector

LocalAV:L

Access Complexity

LowAC:L

Authentication

NoneAu:N

Impact

Confidentiality

CompleteC:C

Integrity

CompleteI:C

Availability

CompleteA:C

7.2/AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedOct 4, 2007

ModifiedAug 7, 2024

CVE-2007-5191 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence