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High
CVE-2007-5191
mount and umount in util-linux and loop-aes-utils call the setuid...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-533-1
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1757
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27145
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195390
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27122
- 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://secunia.com/advisories/28349
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1449
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1450
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27104
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27283
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485936/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27354
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28469
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-18.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28348
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018782
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00144.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27687
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=320041
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28368
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27399
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10101
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25973
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27188
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-023.htm
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3417
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0969.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00008.html
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0001.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0064
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486859/100/0/threaded
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View all reports →Affected Software
util-linux, loop-aes-utils, fedora, ubuntu linux, debian linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 7, 6.06, 6.10, 7.04, 3.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 4th, 2007
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.