National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-5191

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (06/01/2009)

Updates are available to address this issue: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0969.html

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2007-2462

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00144.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1757

Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1757

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=320041

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=320041

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0001.html

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0001.html

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-533-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-533-1

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1018782

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018782

External Source: BID

Name: 25973

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25973

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080123 UPDATED VMSA-2008-0001.1 Moderate OpenPegasus PAM Authentication Buffer Overflow and updated service console packages

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/486859/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080108 VMSA-2008-0001 Moderate OpenPegasus PAM Authentication Buffer Overflow and updated service console packages

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/485936/100/0/threaded

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2007:0969

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0969.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-3417

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/3417

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1450

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1450

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1449

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1449

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-023.htm

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-023.htm

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200710-18

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-18.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28469

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28469

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28368

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28368

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28349

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28349

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28348

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28348

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27687

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27687

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27399

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27399

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27354

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27354

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27283

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27283

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27188

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27188

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27145

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27145

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27122

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27122

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27104

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27104

External Source: MLIST

Name: [Security-announce] 20080107 VMSA-2008-0001 Moderate OpenPegasus PAM Authentication Buffer Overflow and updated service console packages

Hyperlink:http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000002.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2007:022

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00008.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git;a=commit;h=ebbeb2c7ac1b00b6083905957837a271e80b187e

Hyperlink:http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git;a=commit;h=ebbeb2c7ac1b00b6083905957837a271e80b187e

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2007:198

Hyperlink:http://frontal2.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:198

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195390

Hyperlink:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195390

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-0064

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/0064