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Status published
Medium
CVE-2011-2709
libgssapi and libgssglue before 0.4 do not properly check privileges,...
Vulnerability Description
libgssapi and libgssglue before 0.4 do not properly check privileges, which allows local users to load untrusted configuration files and execute arbitrary code via the GSSAPI_MECH_CONF environment variable, as demonstrated using 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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/21/3
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694598
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082297.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45075
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48490
- http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/libgssglue/libgssglue-0.4.tar.gz
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/22/4
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082072.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/12/10
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50785
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50973
- http://lwn.net/Alerts/449415/
Affected Vendor
umich
View all reports →Affected Software
libgssglue, libgssapi
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.1, 0.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 21st, 2012
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.