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Tony Ernst from SGI has discovered a flaw in the way nfsidmap maps NFSv4 unknown uids. If an unknown user ID is encountered on an NFSv4 mounted filesystem, the files will default to being owned by root rather than nobody. This could potentially be used to elevate a users privileges. This is fixed in nfsidmap version 0.17.
Created attachment 172372 [details] Proposed patch
Issue is public now, removing embargo.
This was addressed via: Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5 (RHSA-2007:09510