CVE-2011-2709

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    CVE-2011-2709

    Published: 21 Jun 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/45075, http://secunia.com/advisories/50785, http://secunia.com/advisories/50973, http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/libgssglue/libgssglue-0.4.tar.gz, https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694598, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082072.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082297.html, http://lwn.net/Alerts/449415/, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/21/3, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/22/4, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/12/10, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48490

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High