DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5964

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5964

    Published: 13 Dec 2007Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2007-5964

    Summary:

    Details: The default configuration of autofs 5 in some Linux distributions, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, omits the nosuid option for the hosts (/net filesystem) map, which allows local users to gain privileges via a setuid program on a remote NFS server.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5964

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: autofs

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/autofs?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.1.4-8

    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