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CVE-2007-5964

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Description

The 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.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00549.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00474.html

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10158

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2007-5934

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410031

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=409701

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26841

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1129.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1128.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:009

http://securitytracker.com/id?1019087

http://secunia.com/advisories/28456

http://secunia.com/advisories/28097

http://secunia.com/advisories/28052

http://osvdb.org/40441

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-12-13

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00479

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