DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5191

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5191

    Published: 4 Oct 2007Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2007-5191

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5191

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: util-linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/util-linux?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.13-8

    Affected versions

    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