SUSE-SU-2015:1020-1

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    SUSE-SU-2015:1020-1

    Published: 2 Mar 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-8169
    Aliases:
    CVE-2014-8169

    Summary: Security update for autofs

    Details: autofs was updated to fix one security issue. This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2014-8169: Prevent potential privilege escalation via interpreter load path for program-based automount maps (bnc#917977). These non-security issues were fixed: - Dont pass sloppy option for other than nfs mounts (bnc#901448, bnc#916203) - Fix insserv warning at postinstall (bnc#913376) - Fix autofs.service so that multiple options passed through sysconfig AUTOFS_OPTIONS work correctly (bnc#909472)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2015/suse-su-20151020-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/901448, https://bugzilla.suse.com/909472, https://bugzilla.suse.com/913376, https://bugzilla.suse.com/916203, https://bugzilla.suse.com/917977, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8169

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: autofs

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/autofs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.0.9-8.1

    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
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