Bug 320041 (CVE-2007-5191) - CVE-2007-5191 util-linux (u)mount doesn't drop privileges properly when calling helpers
Summary: CVE-2007-5191 util-linux (u)mount doesn't drop privileges properly when calli...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2007-5191
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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URL: http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=C...
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Depends On: 320131 320141 324421 324431 324441 324451 324461 324471
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-10-05 12:41 UTC by Tomas Hoger
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:21 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: 2.13-0.54.1.fc7
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2008-01-14 15:01:36 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2007:0969 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: util-linux security update 2007-11-15 16:08:35 UTC

Description Tomas Hoger 2007-10-05 12:41:29 UTC 
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2007-5191 to the following vulnerability:

mount and umount in util-linux 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.

References:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git;a=commit;h=ebbeb2c7ac1b00b6083905957837a271e80b187e
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2007-10-10 19:33:30 UTC 
util-linux-2.13-0.54.1.fc7 has been pushed to the Fedora 7 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 6 Red Hat Product Security 2008-01-14 15:01:36 UTC 
This issue was addressed in:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux:
  http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0969.html

Fedora:
  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F7/FEDORA-2007-2462
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